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    "id": 47722,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/47722/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, considering the fact that elections are due in not more than 18 months, we have 80 constituency boundaries to be delineated. We also have boundaries for wards to be delineated. I believe that what the Bill talks about, staggering the recruitment of the nine Commissioners is not the right way to go. I do not think we can entrust only four Commissioners to oversee the critical and essential part of our electoral system. What will the others do when they are appointed 12 months after we have finished with elections and delineating the boundaries of constituencies and wards? Basically, I think that since the Constitution does stipulate very clearly that continuity has to be borne in mind when we are establishing this Constitution, let us see whether we can get, at least, two Commissioners each from the IIBRC and the IIEC so that we can ensure that continuity. If we are to stagger the recruitment, let us do it within a period of six months and not more than 12 months. This is because the amount of workload that will be in front of the nine gentlemen will be monumental."
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