{"id":1218627,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1218627/?format=json","text_counter":152,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kibwezi West, MCCP","speaker_title":"Hon. Mwengi Mutuse","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs as a Vice-Chairperson. I participated in the vetting of Hon. John Mose and I confirm from my own observation that he is suitable to hold the Office of the Solicitor-General. Members are aware that this Parliament is considering the Budget Policy Statement for next year’s Budget, and the Solicitor-General is the Accounting Officer of the State Law Office. Therefore, there is urgency in having a substantive Solicitor-General so as to give policy and accounting direction to the Office of the Attorney- General. For those reasons, I urge this House to approve the appointment having been a former colleague and a professional lawyer of many years’ standing so that we can move forward as a country and have the right people in office. Thank you."}