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    "id": 293273,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/293273/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the past and very hilarious Members of this House, Mr. Kalembe Ndile, once told us that when a mother cooks food and does not want the children to partake of the food, she puts too much salt in it. The kids then can look at the food but will not eat it because it is too salty. I believe that when we use words such as “merit” “cronyism” and all that the sum total is to water down the merit on which these people found their way here. We should be emphasizing that they came on merit. We have no doubts as to why they were picked, and we need to start them off with the total confidence; that also gives confidence to the institutions created by this House. They have done their job and brought to us the names here. These people did not find themselves here by accident or through some political gerrymandering and are now not being forced down the throats of Members of Parliament to approve them. This is the point I want to make. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, while I am at it, this is critical because it keeps coming up. I know we all participated in the passing of this Constitution; I was not there but some of us were privileged to be in the process of setting up the select committees. The matter of the dates of elections keeps on coming up and whether they should be held within five years; our own understanding is that in future elections will be every five years. However, the date of the first election is covered within the Transition"
}