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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I am persuaded to reaffirm these solemn words in the National Assembly prayer book because as a hallowed Chamber, your decisions would be looked at with disfavour if you act in a manner that causes the public to believe that you have betrayed their trust in you. Hon. Members, I must emphasise, in no uncertain terms, that the oversight function of this House as carried out through committees elevates it to a status akin to that of the High Court. The exercise of this unique quasi-judicial function is expected to strictly adhere to and apply the principles of natural justice and fair hearing. Every process or action taken by the House or its committees must be seen by all to be above board, taking into account the fact that decisions of this House bear the element of finality. Therefore, I implore you, in the wisdom of the late Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson, a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America (USA), that we must act with integrity that borders infallibility. Justice Jackson rightly observed: \"We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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