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    "id": 866408,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/866408/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "This is a very well-crafted Bill but it is before us so that we can look for areas where we can improve and one of those areas is Section 9(5) which says a member of the council shall serve on part time basis. This is a very good improvement and something that we need to borrow. I was a bit worried when we had the Salaries and Remuneration Commission here. We increased the number of commissioners and even gave them permanent salary on a monthly basis. The spirit of the Constitution is for all these people serving in similar capacities and in this council, to serve on part time basis and may be reduced to three. I would ask my colleagues as we go on to be very careful with the constitutional commissions. When we give them permanent employment, each one of them gets some members of staff, cars and an office. The establishment is so expensive and I wish the media would focus there instead of focusing on MPs. They should see the amount of money that is being used by these commissions that were intended to be part time and to have a maximum of three going forward. So, I agree that this is a good provision. They will be there for a term of six years, namely, a term of three renewable, but there is Section 9(7) which talks of stopping the members of staff and council from inside trading, which is a very important provision. Although this is implied in the Constitution, it is important that it has been imported to this Act."
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