{"id":1131980,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1131980/?format=json","text_counter":1594,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Lusaka","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Senators, I, therefore, undertook to give a way forward on the matter. In so doing, I took into consideration the views by the Senators and existing constitutional and legal framework. This is obviously a very serious matter that needs to be handed with caution, respecting the complementarity between the different arms of Government. On 18th March 2019, the Senate Liaison Committee held a meeting with the National Implementation and Coordination Cabinet sub-committee. The meeting was held on the premise that there was need for a monitoring framework for implementation of resolutions of the Senate and Acts of Parliament. At the meeting, it was resolved interalia that whenever a Committee of the Senate requires submissions or appearances from a Ministry, the person to make such submissions or appearances before the Committee would be the CS."}