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    "id": 278851,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/278851/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have a problem with the amendment to the extent that the Constitution requires that if you want to punish anybody for an offence, then that offence must be defined and specified. You cannot say “any violation of any provision is punishable”. Clause 35 creates specific offences, but in Sub-Clause 2, you are saying “any violation of the provisions of this Act is an offence.” That would be unconstitutional because “violation” would mean anything that is provided here. I cannot think of an example off-head but “any violation” of an Act of Parliament cannot be an offence. The law requires that when"
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