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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me thank hon. Members, most sincerely, for their overwhelming support for this process. Let me just clarify a couple of things without taking too much time. Indeed, the Tribunal has met the one-third requirement and I heard some hon. Members wondering whether there was a female representative on this Tribunal and let me confirm, for the record, that Rev. Jessie Mutura is, indeed, a lady of high standing. Therefore, the one-third requirement is fulfilled. Secondly, maybe, to reiterate that, of course, political parties are indeed building blocks of any democracy and the concerns of hon. Members to have an entire bureaucracy put in place to anchor operations of political parties cannot be gain-said. It is essential! The other day, we were in Tanzania as a Committee to observe the Tanzanian elections and we were impressed by the efforts that, that country has made to build a bureaucracy that provides support to political parties. I want to assure hon. Members that looking at the law that establishes this Tribunal, many of the concerns that hon. Members have raised here; disputes within political parties and even disputes arising from decisions of the Registrar of Political Parties fall in the mandate of this Tribunal as well set out in Section 6 of this Act; that the Tribunal shall determine disputes between members of a political party, disputes between political parties forming a coalition and appeals from decisions of the Registrar under this Act. So, indeed, even decisions made by the Registrar with regard to any dispute will be subject to intervention by this Tribunal. Again, let me remind hon. Members that we need to take comfort in Section 7 of the Act that provides a time limit that the Tribunal shall take to determine disputes and Section 7(1) provides that the Tribunal shall determine any dispute before it expeditiously, but in any case shall determine a dispute within a period of three months from the date the dispute is lodged and that the decision of the Tribunal shall be final. So, indeed, the concern to have a process that is expeditious; a process that is affordable is a matter that this Tribunal shall certainly respond to very effectively. The question of having politicians to populate a tribunal of this kind is a matter that the law has addressed itself to. When you look at Section 5(3) of the Political Parties Act, a person shall not be qualified to be appointed as a member of the Tribunal if that person is a member of the Public Service or takes an active part in the activities of a political party. Therefore, the law itself is very clear that persons who are actively involved in political play are not permitted to be part of this Tribunal. Of course, we"
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