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    "id": 760003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/760003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.39 of 2017) amends the Election Laws Act and the Election Offences Act. The amendments in this Bill are very genuine. They are only providing clarity in the laws that are being amended. If there is a vacancy in the office of the chairperson, the law should provide for how to deal with the vacancy. There is a lacuna there. We are making provision on how a vacancy in the office of the chairperson will be filled. This is very nice. This Bill also makes a provision where the positions of chairperson and vice chairperson are both vacant. One of the members must act as the chairperson. Nothing is wrong with that. The intention of the Bill is very good. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Isaack Hassan team was removed – I was in that Joint Committee chaired by Sen. Kiraitu and Sen. Orengo – before then the Members of the Commission were nine. We reduced the number to seven. The law then forgot to adjust the quorum that is required. So, if they were nine and the quorum was five – what the Bill now provides is that, if they are seven let three become the quorum required to proceed with work. In fact, in most of the ---"
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