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    "id": 329450,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/329450/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Amina Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
        "slug": "amina-abdalla"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 70 be amended- in paragraph (1) by- (i) renumbering subparagraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) as subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), respectively; (ii) by inserting the following new subparagraph immediately after the renumbered subparagraph (c) - “(ca) in case of an electronic register, ask the voters to place their fingers on the fingerprint scanner and cross out the name of the voter once the image has been retrieved”; (b) in paragraph (2) by inserting the following new subparagraph immediately after subparagraph (b) - “(ba) where a voter has no finger, make a mark on the next most suitable part of the body”; (c) by deleting paragraph (4). This is untidiness that we were talking about in these regulations. Regulation 70 starts with (d) instead of (a). So, we are proposing the renumbering of the sub regulations. Secondly, this Regulation seems not to have taken into account that our next elections will be using BVR. So, we are proposing a new C (a) that in case of an electronic register, the voter will be asked to provide their fingers so that their names can be crossed. Finally, we are providing for marking a prominent part of a person’s body if that voter does not have a finger. In C, we are proposing the deletion of paragraph 4 of 70, which anticipates that the Returning Officer might be allowed to ask for ballot papers from other polling centres which we know with adequate preparations will not be"
}