Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1401604,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1401604/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 377,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you. I support the amendments that have been proposed by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the justification thereof. I think it is important that, as Hon. Members contribute to this, they look at the principal National Government Co-ordination Act. If you look at the objective Clause, Section 3 of the National Government Co-ordination Act, you will see that the Bill seeks to facilitate the exercise of the powers of the President that are provided for under Articles 130 and 131 of the Constitution. That is so that those functions can be properly coordinated. These amendments are required for the Executive Office of the President to be given an administrative head – the Head of Public Service and Chief of Staff – to assist the President in executing his functions and authority as stipulated in the Constitution. I think that is important. In fact, as we also ventilate about it, historically, after the 2010 Constitution, no Government has ever had this office. The office has existed at the whim of the President. I find it very progressive that Parliament is making it statutory. It will no longer exist at the whims of the President, but under a law, where there is a procedure for appointment and qualifications. The extent to which the office interacts with other offices is defined in law. A person should not be given an office and becomes a law unto themselves, just because of the proximity to the Head of State. I beg to support."
}