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    "id": 19467,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/19467/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 185,
        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
        "slug": "danson-mungatana"
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    "content": "The effect of this is that all the work that we did, despite the fact that even the HANSARD carried everything clearly--- Somebody either within the administration of Parliament or the Government Printer inserted words that were completely not there. They were not in the HANSARD. The effect is to make it impossible for any political party to include in the party list their contenders for presidential and deputy presidential seats. But they can include all the other members who are contesting seats in the Senate or the House. This defeats everything that this House had passed. It is very serious because we spent hours here and we debated this issue at the Second Reading. At the Third Reading, I moved an amendment and then the Government Printer brings out a completely different law from what we have passed. I want to request the Chair to do two things. First, just like in the case of the Political Parties Act error that was done and the point of order was raised by Mr. Imanyara, the Speaker at that time ruled that it must be returned immediately to the Government Printer and a corrigendum be done so that the proper Political Parties Act is re-published, I would request that, that remedy be visited on this Elections Act, 2011. The second remedy is this: I would request that as you visit on this point of order, that you must now conduct an investigation, both in Parliament and outside at the Government Printer. That is because, obviously, this is not a small coma mistake. This is not a dash! This is not an exclusion! These are clear words that were done and added with a clear intention to undermine what Parliament has done - in fact, to have the immediate negative effect of what Parliament had passed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is too serious. I would want as a second remedy for these investigations to be carried out. The officers, if they be in Parliament or at the Government Printers, be found. Appropriate consequences be visited by this House on those officers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not now sure that all the amendments that we passed in this House very fast and celebrated that we beat the deadlines of the Constitution were done properly. It appears that officers of the Government - when we pass something different - go and insert other things which have nothing to do with what Parliament has done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I table this documentation and urge that you take appropriate action."
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