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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in an articulate manner, Mr. Mutyambai engaged with the joint Committee. He was able to answer all the questions that we asked in a manner that was satisfactory. In fact, all the bodies that had been written to, to assess his integrity, like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) wrote back and said that he had a clean record. It is not easy for a police officer who had started from that lowest rank of the police service to the rank that he is being proposed to right now, not to have something negative about him. He is a career man who at this moment does not have anything negative in his record. We believed in the papers that we received; that he is clean and good for the job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, he committed himself to uphold the rule of law. That is so important for this country. It is so sad that for a few times, for example, in 2017 we witnessed blatant violation of the law and people disobeying court orders. Mr. Mutyambai told us that he is well trained. He has been sticking to the law. He has practiced and knows that he is supposed to uphold the rule of law if this country is to move forward. He also committed that he will fight corruption which is the pain that has caused us suffering. In fact, if there is something that is bedeviling this country, it is corruption and ethnicity. He has promised that he will handle these issues. I ask all of us to look out as Mr. Mutyambai is approved today in this House. As a Committee, we are asking that this House approves the nomination of Mr. Mutyambai because in him we have seen the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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