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    "id": 1013566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1013566/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "60 and in their 70s. They have acquired some experience and they may need to be retained until a suitable replacement is found. That is the reason why this was contained within the regulations rather than within the law so that as dynamics change, the age could even be shifted from 60 to 50 years. It is easier to amend the regulations than the law. This is because for a law to pass here, it could take more than a year. Again, we will be looking at this before we come to the Committee of the whole House. We will see what amendments we can bring because we need to ensure that whatever we are doing cannot be challenged from its constitutionality. I heard a Member wanting to extend this thinking even to elected officials. I wish he was here because I would have reminded him. If you remember in the old Constitution, the entry point for the president was 35 years and then there was no upper limit. When that was attempted to be introduced in the 2010 Constitution, we were reminded of Article 27 which had already said that nobody can be discriminated on account of age, from aspiring to hold office. So long as you are a registered voter, which means that you must be over 18 years, you can even vie for presidency. Now, even as we try to bring in that you must retire at 60, we need to be careful that this law does not fall victim to the provisions of Article 27, that the only reason we are saying a person cannot continue contributing to their nation is on account of age which then becomes a violation of their rights which is guaranteed in Article 27."
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