Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1167981,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1167981/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 356,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just wanted to respond to what Sen. Cheruiyot has raised which is very important. The provisions say that each parliamentary term has the opportunity to amend the Standing Orders. If you look at the timing, which he has really talked about, when it should be best done you find that you cannot actually do it at the beginning. This is because if the House is 50 per cent new, they would not really understand how the House has been and what to amend. The amendments are best done by those who have had experience. If you look at the amendments that we are doing right now, these are amendments that would have affected us if we did them mid-way. Remember that I have also stated that there were about three amendments that came mid-stream. What we are doing right now is to consolidate and give our amendments as provided for in the Standing Orders, that once in the five years we actually do the amendments. The best time to me, would be the time when the experienced Members can give contributions. It is not the Committee that did it; we gathered information from everybody. We even had public participation announcement so that we could have more participations. All these are contributions that came from Members, which were collated. Therefore, it is about time."
}