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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to join you in welcoming the distinguished colleagues from ICGLR. The ICGLR has been a very critical player in conflict resolution in the Great Lakes Region. Yours truly here was deeply involved in the setting up of the Secretariat of the ICGLR and in inviting Tanzania then to nominate the first Secretary-General, Ambassador Mulamula. When there was a terrible flare up in the Congo in 2011 and 2012, it was the ICGLR that brought retired President Obasanjo and President Mkapa; I joined them in trying to bring normalcy and peace in the Congo. Therefore, when I see ICGLR here, I feel very gratified that they are still living to the billing that they were set up for in social justice, peace and security, democratization and many other issues that bring peace and stability to a region that has had more than its fair share of upheavals in the recent times. Mr. Speaker Sir, I join you in inviting and welcoming our guests in the Gallery and encourage them to be active and proactive in trying to do what they were set up to do. Over 10 years down the line, the Congo is still very restless. Parts of Burundi are still restless. Kabinda is not resolved yet as well as other hot points. I encourage them to fraternize with experienced colleagues here who can help in furthering what they are doing. Equally important is to welcome the Migori colleagues, in particular my party MCA, Mr Rioba, who I saw in the Gallery and to remind the House that the lion party is everywhere in this country."
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