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    "id": 15550,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/15550/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 185,
        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it says that the IEBC shall review the names and boundaries of constituencies at intervals of not less than eight years and not more than 12 twelve years, but any review shall be completed, at least, 12 months before a General Election of Members of Parliament. If the elections are to be held in August, it makes it obvious that we are already caught up with time. It means that those new constituencies will not be considered. However, Section 27(3) on the Schedule reads that the requirement in Article 82(2) that a review of the constituency and boundaries shall be completed, at least, 12 months before a General Election does not apply to the review of boundaries preceding the first elections under this Constitution. Yet that same saving was not made for Article 89(4) which says that if a General Election is to be held within 12 months after the completion of a review by the Commission, the new boundaries shall not take effect for the purposes of that election. In view of what the Constitution is clearly saying that those constituencies are excluded – the 80 new constituencies – and in view of the public pronouncement by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs himself, how is it that now, the Assistant Minister is telling us that the 80 new constituencies are going to be available? How are they going to be available when the Constitution clearly forbids their availability?"
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