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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those issues touch on redistribution of wards, the population quota and the census figures. They also touch on the question of protected constituencies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time, allow me now to move to the last part of this Report which provides the specific recommendations made by this Committee for the consideration of this House. This Committee made the following recommendations: (1) The Committee recommends that this House adopts the annexed report of the IIBRC subject to addressing the outstanding issues set out in Recommendation two below. (2) This Committee recommends that the House notes the outstanding issues referred in (1) above as follows: (i) Redistribution of wards and relevant administrative units in the affected constituencies as may be appropriate to correct any misplacement or errors that affect constitutional parameters on community of interest, geographical accessibility and historical cultural and economic ties. (ii) Addressing issues arising out of any of the 80 new constituencies outside the population quota set in Article 89 (6) of the Constitution with due regard to Article 89(7)(b) of the Constitution that requires the progressive efforts towards attaining the population quota in each constituency and ward subject to “c” and “d” herein below. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for Members to note the effect of the said Article 89(7)(b). It states that the Constitution does not envisage instant demographic equality of all the constituencies as this is impractical. Therefore, constituencies above or below the population quota or mean, are not precluded since reaching the ideal quota or mean has to be sought progressively over time. (c) That the process of addressing outstanding issues is not subject to new definition of terms used by the IIBRC in the constituency boundaries review exercise, specifically definition of cities, urban areas and sparsely populated areas. (d) That the process of addressing the outstanding issues is subject to the use of enumerated census figures and not projected figures. (e) That addressing the issue of progressively advancing towards the population quota in protected constituencies in relation to neighbouring constituencies as may be appropriate. In doing so, the provisions of Article 89 (7) (b) of the Constitution applies to the effect that the Constitution does not envisage instant demographic equality of all the constituencies and constituencies above or below the population quota and or mean, are not precluded since reaching the ideal quota has to be sought progressively over time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that I have run out of time but given that my time was interrupted constantly by many points of order, please, give me five minutes to finish submitting this recommendation which is the heart of this Report."
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