{"id":1239272,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1239272/?format=json","text_counter":251,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cherarkey","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13217,"legal_name":"Cherarkey K Samson","slug":"cherarkey-k-samson"},"content":"The work of Parliament is not a wedding; it is not a baby shower or a birthday party where we say “please come and appear”. The Powers and Privileges Act and the Constitution have given us powers; quasi-judicial powers of the High Court to summon when the invitees have declined our invitation. The law has given us the power that the Inspector General of Police should produce a witness without failure. We have been given powers to surcharge those State officers by making them pay way and above Kshs500,000 as a fine for failure to appear before a Committee."}