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    "id": 579920,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/579920/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "A Member is a Member of the National Assembly and the Senate. A member of staff, in the past was not covered. It also defines who a member of staff is. National Security as defined under Article 239 (1) is defined. Parliament is also defined. The critical thing in this particular Bill is to define, first of all, what constitutes the precincts of Parliament. Precincts of Parliament have had different definitions in statutes and in other jurisdictions in constitutional definitions. Others are in precedents, traditions and court rulings. In our case, we felt we should be fair and more civilised if we contextualise this and define what we consider will constitute precincts of Parliament. In the particular judgement against Hon. Gor Sungu, there was a definition problem. This is one thing that this Bill attempts to cure, so that any layman or any would be litigant will understand once this Bill is legislated what we will have. In law, there is something called the original intention of the Mover. In the original intention sometimes, even in courts, people refer to the minutes of a particular judicial decision. The intention of this House, or the intention of the Commission, when we define this should come out clearly."
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