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    "id": 375611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/375611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am seeking the guidance of the Chair. I attempted to raise this earlier but you guided me otherwise. This Motion has the effect of amending the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution. When I look at the Fifth Schedule, I see that Freedom of the Media Bill, the Bill which we are about to get into, is supposed to have been enacted three years from the date of enactment of the Constitution; when you look at Article 261 of the Constitution, there is procedure on how to enact consequential legislation. The guidance I wish to seek is whether this House can properly amend a provision of the Constitution through a Motion such as this. This is a fundamental matter that touches on both the procedures of the House and also the process of legislation. What we are just about to do is to amend a very specific timeline of three years that is specifically set in the Fifth Schedule. We are seeking to extend this period by a period of four months that will take it beyond this period of three years."
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