{"id":716782,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/716782/?format=json","text_counter":614,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wako","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":366,"legal_name":"Amos Sitswila Wako","slug":"amos-wako"},"content":"Mr. Chairman, I will not repeat what my colleagues have said about the ambiguity of this Clause but I just want to draw your attention to the fact that nearly all the people who presented all their views to us, including the Attorney General, the IEBC, LSK; in fact, all of them underline the importance of having this matter dealt with in depth under the regulations so that whatever ambiguities that may be there can be dealt with under the regulations in the same way that Ghana and Nigeria have dealt with this issue. Part of the problem that we have under Clause 44(a) is, which regulation. No power has been given to make those regulations. The commission just decides. It could also do it under its general power under Section 109 of the Elections Act. When you talk about persons with disabilities under Section 109, the commission has a power to provide for regulations for the manner in which a voter with special needs, including, a person with disability may vote. We had very good presentations from the Association of Physically Disabled Persons. My view was that we ought to enable them, under these regulations, to make those powers under Section 44. We do not have those powers now. Under Section 44 because it says it is just not a commission to make regulations on their own; it imposes a duty on the commission to make regulations but in consultations with the stakeholders such as political parties, agencies ---"}