{"id":408405,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/408405/?format=json","text_counter":293,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mwaura","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13129,"legal_name":"Isaac Maigua Mwaura","slug":"isaac-mwaura"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I agree with the new proposal because it makes the Commission to be in charge of putting in place regulations rather than the political parties. I also think that paragraph (b) needs also to be qualified. The date for the referendum or a by-election is well known because there is a timeline that is given between the time a seat is declared vacant and when an election is supposed to be held. In the case of a referendum, it is known when the actual referendum is supposed to take place. We need to qualify that, so that also this is not subject to abuse. You may find a situation where the Commission may declare the regulations when, maybe, the disadvantaged people are already on the ground."}