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    "id": 1012268,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "that time. I have to catch up with time and come into the age of the “ Mzungu ” so that I just refer to you as “Madam”. Let me just come briefly. I have mentioned the point about marginalized groups which I feel should also be taken into account. I was coming to the point of 0.5 per cent. I think time has now come maybe in a constitutional amendment to increase this 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent. I think 0.5 per cent is a bit too low taking into account the magnitude of the problems that marginalized communities have. Madam Temporary Speaker, if this House comes to amend the Constitution, I would recommend that we earmark this so that it is 1 per cent rather than 0.5 per cent. I notice that under Clause 8, the details of the qualifications of the Chairperson of the Equalization Fund Board have rarely been detailed to a great extent. However, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is also provided for here is the person who is in charge of the day to day running of the Board and so on. The qualifications of the CEO have been left out. Madam Temporary Speaker, I feel that, that should not just be left to the Board to prescribe the qualifications of the CEO. If we thought that the qualifications of the Chairperson were necessary in the legislation, it also becomes important that the qualifications of the CEO are also prescribed in the legislation."
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