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    "id": 676101,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/676101/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I rise to oppose this Bill in its current form. This Bill is good and I want to agree with Hon. Chepkong’a and Hon. Baiya that we need it, but there are some things in this Bill that require us to discuss and agree. This is not a Bill that requires us to disagree, but in its current form, I agree that IEBC commissioners and many commissions that we have need to be part-time. We have done that experiment, but it has failed and we are in so many chaos because of commissioners sitting in office full time. I am even told of a particular commissioner who has made an office for himself the size of this Parliament. That is where the commissioner sits using public funds in an office which is not Government owned. The other day, I went to the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) offices. Why would they be sitting in offices on Riverside Drive? We need to deal with this issue wholesome. I think the State is losing too much money in the so called commissions. We need to make them smaller, put them in Government offices. We will not interfere with their independence, but I think something was not conceived properly. 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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