Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1089615,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1089615/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 200,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13183,
        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
        "slug": "petronila-were-lokorio"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I beg to reply and thank the following Senators for their worthy contributions to this Bill, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who was magnanimous enough to second the Bill. Sen. Wetangula, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at, Sen. Mwaruma, Sen. (Prof,) Kindiki, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, Sen. (Eng.) Hargura, Sen. Orengo Senior Counsel, Sen. Shiyonga, Sen. Madzayo, Sen. Kavindu Muthama, Sen. Wario, Sen. Faki, Sen. Farhiya, Sen. Gona, and last but not least Sen. Kang’ata. These Senators have expressed themselves on this Bill because as the people in charge of the counties, they have experienced the various frustrations that counties are going through. They have expressed themselves on the issue of authenticity of the documents that county governments produce or publish. They have stated that having the county printer in place will also give authenticity to those documents. The Office of the County Attorney that is already established by a law that was passed by this House will be working closely with the Office of the County Printer to ensure the constitutionality of the Bills that will be published by the County Printer. Most of the Senators have expressed the frustrations of the heavy load that is at the Government Printer that makes them very draconian in their way of operation. They actually give least priority to the county business in the job cuts that they provide. There were also suggestions on having a Kenya Gazette that is decentralized in a manner that has Kenya Gazette Isiolo, Bungoma, Busia and other county editions. We shall consider this as we shall be looking at the various amendments that have been proposed by various Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senators also indicated that Article 6 of the Constitution, this was proffered by Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, provides for decentralization of Government services. Decentralization or devolution is a reality of the Constitution since we promulgated it in 2010. Therefore, citizens have a right to access public information and having a government printer gives them that right. That administrative action therefore requires to be formalized so that we have opportunity to access authorized documents. Mr. Speaker, Sir, most Senators also indicated how late this Bill is nine years after and in the second edition of devolution. They said we should not get into the third edition of devolution without this Bill in place. Sen. (Eng.) Hargura emphasized the fact that there is already a constitutional requirement for Parliament to enact such a law to actualize the establishment of a County Printer. This is the essence of this law. He requested for collaboration between the national Government Printer, which is already in this law as passed, and the various reports that will be passed to the National Law Reporting Council (NLRC) to ensure standardization and some quality control. There were also calls to work on the authorised person. The amendments proposed by Sen. Farhiya and Sen. Faki are to ensure on the list of authorised officers with the exemptions for cases of impeachment. The Senators also emphasized on the need for the County Printer for the access to information by the public. I have already outlined that. Sen. Faki emphasized the timely publications that we shall soon see once this comes into place. Sen. Zawadi expressed the frustration of the county assembly having"
}