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Parliament staff awaiting vetting on Monday. PHOTO/IBRAHIM KAVUMA
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- By 6.30am, several nervous-looking employees had trickled in and taken their seats at the Parliament Conference Halls A and B.
The first day of vetting academic qualifications and employment records of the staff of Parliament kicked off in earnest yesterday.
By 6.30am, several nervous-looking employees had trickled in and taken their seats at the Parliament Conference Halls A and B.
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