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"speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
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"content": "I oppose it for the simple reason that when we are passing laws, we should not leave any room for possible mischief. There was a time when there was the notorious electoral process here called mlolongo . On the face of it, it is very easy for people to stand on a queue and count them and announce the results. However, the District Commissioners, who were the Returning Officers, were recording the short queues for the winners and the long queues for the losers. Mischief! A Returning Officer can easily decide even where he has counted only half the votes and say is enough, I can declare the winner on the pretext that there was a problem somewhere. Let us have laws that are clear; that leave no room for doubt; that create no room for mischief. I suggest that---"
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