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    "id": 408898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/408898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have heard the measures that can be taken by the Commission as read out by the Chair. I would only like to propose that this should not be done singlehandedly by the Commission, in that you do not give the Commission sweeping powers to just make declarations without providing for fair hearing as is the principle in our Constitution. I would suggest really that we have an exclusive provision; that such determinations be made once a dispute resolution mechanism and one which exists is the Political Parties Tribunal has heard the matter. The IEBC could also set up a tribunal or we could set up one legislation but we need to provide explicitly in this provision that a fair hearing must be done because the IEBC might as well prevent a candidate from vying or disqualify you or a political party and those are very drastic measures to be taken unilaterally by the Commission. So, I think we need to put an intervening process between an offence being cited either by somebody reporting or by the initiative of the Commission and there must be a hearing through tribunal that will be set up by the Commission. So, that is what I would like to suggest and I would love to propose an amendment but I do not know where to place it. I would like to propose an amendment that the Commission sets up a dispute resolution tribunal that will provide for fair hearing of a complaint or an investigation by the Commission before any action is taken. That will safeguard everyone."
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