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"speaker_name": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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"content": "The import of this is to bring the definition of “special interest groups” as provided for under Article 100 of the Constitution, which includes women, persons with disabilities, youth, ethnic and other minorities and marginalised communities. A couple of provisions in the Bill presented difficulties because we had the same kind of debate in our meetings. Secondly, those who were supposed to benefit from the provisions are the ones who left. The ones who are here are the ones who have continued hogging for everything. They are still doing the same thing. While we still have some gains through this Bill, we would have made much better progress if the marginalised, minorities and persons with disabilities had remained in the House. What Millie was talking about towards the end is the spirit of this Bill. In some of the areas, it appeared like we were overdoing it. However, if we do not do some of these things, the groups that we are trying to cater for will continue being discriminated and kept out of the electoral process. I hope at one time we will allow ourselves not to become too academic. When you want to take away from others, you do much of what I have seen on the Floor. I agree it is the House that has done those deletions. I thought I should put that on record. If the persons covered under Article 100 were in this House, they would have understood what we were trying to do. If they had also paid attention to what the Bill is all about… There is a lot of trying to legislate simply because the Bill is on the Floor. That is a very dangerous thing to do."
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