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    "id": 963129,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I wish to congratulate Sen. Halake for this Statement. I remember Sen. Kagwe brought a similar statement during the previous Parliament regarding offices we have in foreign countries. As she has said, most of the facilities are in pathetic situation. The country is spending a lot of money on rent. I remember one of the things that was mentioned then was to look at the possibility of getting a mortgage, so the Government can own the offices instead of renting them which costs a lot of money. You can imagine Uganda has Uganda House in New York but a country like Kenya rents a building somewhere. That is embarrassing because we were there before them. It will be good for the Committee to investigate the facilities that are rundown and the challenges faced by most of our embassies. They need to come up with a proper structure to ensure that those missions abroad are there for the interest of this country and not just for the sake of being there and doing nothing. There are a lot of challenges such as issues of scholarships and agreements that are not implemented by various countries. It is high time we held the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade accountable in terms of what they are doing about our embassies abroad."
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