{"id":1227993,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1227993/?format=json","text_counter":161,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nominated, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. John Mbadi","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For clarity, I am not speaking for the Leader of the Minority Party but as a senior Member of the Minority side. I want to make quick comments on the point of order raised by the Leader of the Majority Party. I agree with him entirely on the second point, on the mode of dressing, because our committees are extensions of plenary. We must dress appropriately. There is already a Communication to that effect from the Speaker. That is nothing new. For example, in the Committee that I chair, the Public Accounts Committee, I do not allow any Member to sit in when we are transacting business – even if it is in-house – without dressing appropriately. You must be in a tie and a suit except Hon. Otiende Amollo, who dresses in a manner that the Speaker allowed, but I am not comfortable with. However, since the Speaker allowed it in the Chamber, I also allow it in the Committee."}