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    "id": 330941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/330941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "1 Wednesday, 21st November, 2012 (A) Dr. Eseli",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Given that the law provides that for a candidate to be nominated by a political party, he or she must have been a member of that party for at least three months prior to nomination and noting that to be registered as a member of a party one has to be a registered voter, what action is the Minister taking to ensure that potential candidates to elective positions who are not yet registered as voters especially the youth are not disenfranchised? (b) What measures will the Minister take to ensure that those who failed to register as voters during the registration exercise conducted prior to the 2010 referendum on the Constitution are not disenfranchised since they cannot register as members of a political party before they are registered as voters? (c)When will the Minister harmonize the provisions in both the Political Parties Act, 2011 and the Elections Act, 2011, with the new election date of 4th March, 2013, since these Acts were based on the projection that the next general election would be held in December, 2012? However, this Question was filed very many months ago and by the events that have gone on through the amendments that we made, this Question has been overtaken by events. So, I would wish to seek your guidance on how to get it off the Order Paper."
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