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    "id": 905973,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/905973/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) published a public notice prescribing the minimum qualifications, one of them being that one must not hold dual citizenship. The appellant filed a petition in the High Court seeking a declaration to quash the notice. The learned judge of the High Court felt that by virtue of Article 78(2) of the Constitution, a person who holds dual citizenship cannot run for an elective office as a Member of Parliament. Having been dissatisfied with that decision of the High Court, the appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal which held as follows:"
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