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    "id": 330802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/330802/?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": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, in supporting the deletion of Regulation 56, I wish to confirm that when we were working on the Elections Act the matter of the campaign period came up. When it was looked at within the framework of the new Political Parties Act, particularly Section 15, it guarantees the parties that they have freedom to campaign on a continuous basis. Because of that, the whole issue of campaign period which was being granted within a certain time of the year was overtaken by events. That was then removed in totality, that is the campaign period plus all that comes with it. Since the enactment of the new law, indeed, the campaign period was removed and what was brought in place defined the election period for the purposes of what you can do within that period. More specifically is what is covered within Section 26(1) which is about holding"
}