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    "id": 1440806,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1440806/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this House considered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2024) and passed it with amendments. It was thereafter forwarded to the Senate for consideration. I wish to report that the Senate considered the Bill and returned it with some proposed amendments. The proposed amendments were considered by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee which prepared a detailed report. They agreed with the Senate proposals. The National Assembly should now agree with the Senate on the proposed amendments, in which case we would amend the Bill as proposed by the Senate. We could then pass it and await assent. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee agreed with the Senate that the proposed amendments... The IEBC Act is supposed to be considered by the two Houses. Where we have made a provision from the National Assembly then there is also a mention of the same by the Senate. It would have been tidier if the Senate had proposed that we delete the words 'National Assembly' and substitute them with the word 'Parliament’. This is because we are not supposed to touch this Bill in any other way so as not to necessitate mediation. We entirely agree with the Senate and propose that we move to the Committee of the whole House where the proposed amendments will be considered. Once passed or adopted by this House, the Bill will have passed through the two Houses and will be ready for assent."
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