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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am particularly very happy and I know comments have been made and I know the Minister may be replying on that; the issue of the staggering of the appointment of the Commissioners. It is very important. It is standard practice in the entire corporate world. You do not leave a vacuum in a board or commission. It is standard practice even in some of the advanced democracies like the American Congress. You never leave a vacuum by getting everyone to retire on the same day. It is important that we have some institutional memory and some continuity. We should not give room for any suspicion in terms of potential for manipulation, whether real or imagined. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to highlight that one point, otherwise I am very happy with the way the Bill has been crafted. I believe it is going to help us in deepening our democracy and in terms of sorting out our elections; it will be coupled with the Elections Bill that is yet to come. I believe that some of the comments that I have been hearing on the Floor of this House are comments that relate to that Elections Bill. I am sure the Minister will take that on board and bring here relevant Bill, so that we define management of elections and delimitation of boundaries in two separate Bills. With those remarks, I wish to thank hon. Members for the active participation and the interest that they have shown in this Bill. I beg to support."
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