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    "id": 1482930,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1482930/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Group (MSWG) on the realisation of the two-thirds gender rule, laid on the Table of the House, today Thursday, 9th October 2024. Hon. Speaker, allow me to comment on this Report. I know that the Members who have seen this Report are concerned about it. This is the consideration by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Report. Attached to this Report is the NADCO Report itself. That is why the Report looks bulky. However, our Report is not as bulky as the document I have laid on the Table. This is the Report that contained the proposed constitutional amendments. As you have heard, we have the two-thirds gender principle that was from the multi-sectoral working group. We also have other constitutional amendment proposals, including entrenching the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) in the Constitution, creating the Office of the Leader of Opposition, entrenching the Prime Cabinet Secretary in the Constitution, and many other proposals that were brought up during the NADCO discussions. Hon. Members, please; get copies of this Report. In as much as the NADCO made it clear that we should not alter even a comma, we have adhered to that proposition. However, as Members of the Committee and the law-making House in the country, we have made our comments and proposals. The proposals are what we will discuss when the matter comes up for debate. Please, get yourself copies of the Report so that we can have a robust debate when the time comes. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker"
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