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"speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Schedule Five of the Bill is on the provisions relating to the delimitation of boundaries of constituencies and wards. This is a very important provision, where I know hon. Members as lawmakers have personal interest in. The political parties have also fought bitterly over the contents, especially how constituencies are curved out and who controls the Commission. It is in this respect that I really wish to urge my colleagues to keep the national interest above party interests. We should have in our minds the great damage that squabbles between political parties and pursuing party interests can do. We need to be very careful on Schedule Five on delimitation of constituencies and boundaries. I am very happy with the way it is proposed in the Bill. Clause 3(2) of the Fifth Schedule says:-"
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