Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 111796,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/111796/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 324,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Review of the Constitution tabled the Report and the Draft Constitution submitted by the Committee of Experts (CoE) on Tuesday the 2nd March, 2010 pursuant to Section 33(3) of the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, 2008. He further gave Notice of Motion for the House to approve the Draft Constitution. The House is expected to consider the Draft Constitution and do either of the following as required by Section 33(4) of the Constitution of Kenya Review Act:- (a) Approve the Draft Constitution without amendments and submit it to the Attorney-General for publication; or (b) Propose amendments to the Draft Constitution and submit the Draft Constitution and proposed amendments to the Attorney-General, who shall, within seven days, submit them to the CoE for consultation and re-drafting. Consequently, I would like to guide the House on the procedure that will obtain with regard to the consideration of the Draft Constitution. There are certain precedents that have been set in the past that could be useful in the present scenario, which it must be noted, is very unique. On the 27th October, 1964, when the House of Representatives was debating the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill which led to the creation of the Republican Government in Kenya, the amendments were introduced in the House in the form of a Bill. The House then, as it is today, was embarking on a very important constitutional debate and changes. Whereas the House then carried a major review of the Constitution in the form of a Bill, in our present case, the House is required by law to approve the Draft Constitution, with or without amendments."
}