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    "id": 26263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/26263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 156,
        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "In this Bill, Clause 5(2) says: “The Chairperson, members of the Commission may, pursuant to Article 25(5) of the Constitution, serve on a part time basis.” I think it is high time that we decided whether we really want them to work on part time or full time basis. If the feeling is that, perhaps, this Commission may not have a lot of work, then we should decide that it should be part time. I know there is such provision, of course, in the Constitution, but this looks to me, unless it is clarified, like we are not decided. We cannot have a Commission where, perhaps, some of them will be part time while others are full time. So as to avoid this kind of mix up, we need to come up very clearly that they be part time or be full time. We should not say “may” because that is already provided for in the Constitution. In the case of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), we decided that the Commissioners will be full time Commissioners; they will not be part time. There was a push for them to be part time, but we decided deliberately that they be full time. In this one, I do not think we are very clear and that aspect needs to be looked at."
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