{"id":43063,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/43063/?format=json","text_counter":264,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Namwamba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":108,"legal_name":"Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba","slug":"ababu-namwamba"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you grapple with this obviously monumental challenge, I also want to invite you to consider the provisions of Section 31(2) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, which says:- “31(2) Subject to Subsection (7) and Section 24, a person who immediately before the effective date held or was acting in a public office established by law so far is consistent with this Constitution shall continue to hold or act in that office as if appointed to that position under this Constitution.”"}