{"id":294773,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/294773/?format=json","text_counter":55,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Chairman","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Waititu, the import of this itself and the amendment that is being sought is whether registered Members of political parties--- Not the voters. Anybody can vote for anybody. Even people who are not registered members of a political party can support an independent candidate. But for registered members, there is nothing called independent register. So anybody who is a voter can support and put his name as nominating an independent candidate. The issue is registered members of political parties to nominate independent candidates."}