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    "id": 303060,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/303060/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, if the hon. Member listened to me he would have understood the amendment that we brought under Section 20(4); we had amended the Act to extend the term by six months previously. That is the extension that was made upon the first request before this House and that extension was granted and was extending the term of the TJRC up to May. So this Commission was supposed to submit their report to the President on 3rd May but that was not done. Subsequently, we brought an amendment to the TJRC Act to extend the period by three months and that is the provision I was reading to you. In addition to the first extension of six months under Section 4, we have 4(a) which reads:- “Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (3) and (4) where the Commission is unable to complete and submit its report within the time extended under sub-Section 4, the Commission shall submit a progress report to the National Assembly together with their request for a further extension provided that a request under this sub- Section may be made notwithstanding that the period in respect of which it has been made has expired.” So that is the provision that we approved during the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill. We debated and approved it. So in essence, we have approved the second extension of three months."
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