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    "id": 1078505,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1078505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukosse",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have just said what I wanted to say. For purpose of clarification, and also to be on record, I am a holder of a Master’s Degree in General Surgery. I am a surgeon. Our Constitution demands that this House legislates on the qualifications for somebody to contest any position. That is the constitutional requirement. The Election Act 2011 was legislated and people have had 10 years knowing that this Act was going to come into force. There is, therefore, no reason for people to suggest that we postpone its implementation to 2027. It is wrong and an abuse of the legislative power of this House. If we will be legislating to change that, it will be unconstitutional. The lawyers who are here will tell us that it is unconstitutional Thank you."
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