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    "id": 89241,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in supporting this Bill, I take great cognizance of the memorandum, objectives and reasons as to why the Minister has decided to bring this Schedule to us. I take great cognizance of the amendment that he has suggested in Section 3 Cap 405 which talks about the dominance of the hand. Which hand is dominant when it is incapacitated? It is also important to note that the dominant side of the brain that is mostly used for usual actions and activities is important in the way the anatomy of man is. Therefore, compensation must be deferred in cognizance of the fact that when you are right-handed and your right hand is incapacitated, you lose more than if you lost your left hand. I congratulate the Minister to have noticed this difference. That problem had been ignored by the insurance companies in terms of compensation. I also take cognizance of the fact that the Minister is also left handed. I take great note of the different compensations that the Minister has attempted to address in the Schedule, especially on the different levels of compensations, and which the insurance companies have abused for many years. They have abused that form of compensation by using a legal process because of lack of a schedule in the court of law. This Schedule should be adapted without any amendments, so that there is a proper legal document to follow when compensations are being determined by the courts as directed by an Act of Parliament. In view of the above sentiments, I beg to strongly support the Minister for Finance."
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