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    "id": 539672,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/539672/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to second this Bill. This is a very important Bill. It is filling up the gaps in what was previously very common in courts and caused a lot of pain to many people. A public administrator’s decision could eventually end up in court in terms of what we call judicial review. For a long time, there was no law framing judicial review. In many occasions the courts had to decide upon the procedures to be used and determine whether the matters brought in court were sufficient and brought well in court. Before we got the new Constitution, this was one area of law that caused a lot of litigation and a lot of jam in the courts, because most of the matters would be brought under a certificate of urgency. So, a person who felt aggrieved by a decision of an administrator would quickly go to court to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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