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We don’t deserve such acrimony in Parliament

There can be no greater shame than what transpired in the august House last Thursday as Jubilee’s and CORD’s tragedy of chaos pushed through the contentious Security Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014.

That honourable Members of Parliament were caught on live national TV throwing fists, physically assaulting one another, throwing books and papers at each other, only demonstrates the level of intolerance we have embraced as a society. It was abhorrent and a huge blot on the honourables, seeing that they could not hold their own and agree to disagree.

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