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    "id": 1013567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1013567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "I think we need to balance between all these things. The intentions are good, to make sure that people can retire at a certain age, but we cannot legislate here on things that will be deemed to be unconstitutional because you will now discriminate a person on account of their age, that because you are now 60, you must retire. This goes against the Constitution. We did not have those provisions within the Constitution, except for people working in a certain service. It is a blanket thing, nobody is discriminated on account of their gender, race or age. It does not say entry point or exit point. That is why the entry point for presidential election or for any election was not capped. Either way, there is a cap, that you must be a registered voter and definitely you must be the age of the majority, otherwise minors cannot make a decision for themselves or for the people, so they cannot represent anyone. So, I congratulate the Member, but I want the House to take cognisance of those two issues that; one, in terms of the acting, how long a person can act. We need to tie that to the circumstances under which the person is acting. So you do not penalise a person for acting and not getting paid, yet it is not possible to do otherwise. Two, ensure that whatever we do with the age of 60 does not go against the Bill of Rights in the Constitution."
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