{"id":770877,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/770877/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Nuh","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2840,"legal_name":"Junet Sheikh Nuh","slug":"junet-sheikh-nuh"},"content":"The exercise we are going to engage in tomorrow is very important. I participated in the last election of persons to EALA. I wanted to be elected to the EALA but unfortunately, I was defeated. The ODM had five slots and I was number six in the election. I would like to inform the new Members that this is a very serious election. I remember I was glued on television the whole day waiting for results to be announced by the returning officer at the end of the election. This time it has even gone a notch higher. Candidates have printed posters like it is done in a general election. Some of them have posted them on WhatsApp and some almost posted them on the notice boards of the National Assembly. They are campaigning. This is a very serious matter. I have even seen some of them walking around with brown envelopes as if it is a general election."}