{"id":576356,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/576356/?format=json","text_counter":231,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mbui","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1750,"legal_name":"Robert Mbui","slug":"robert-mbui"},"content":"The December date is also a traditional date. As a country, we were used to doing elections in December. It is important to retain some of the traditions that never had a problem. As we were amending the Constitution, we were not to change everything. We needed to be careful about what to change and some things that did not have a problem did not need to be changed. Maintaining the elections in December has no problem. We have realised problems that have been stated by other speakers here; if we retain the election date of August it will affect the Budget-making process."}