Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1515304,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1515304/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 333,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker and thank you very much the Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have the pleasure in seconding the Motion that the Senate amendments to the Gambling Control Bill now be considered. As the Leader of the Majority Party has pointed out, there are several inconsistencies or legal challenges that we identified in relation to the proposed amendments. Some of them naturally offend certain legislations. For example, the Senate proposes to amend Clause 7 to the effect that the composition of the Board of the proposed authority does not have a representative of the Attorney-General. The State Corporations Act, Cap. 446, as well as the Mwongozo Code of Governance makes such membership mandatory. So, we really cannot accede to the proposed amendments. There are also other amendments that conflict with the intentions of the Bill. Several of those you will see, like in Clause 10, as well as in Clause 11. Some of the proposed amendments, apart from conflicting with the Constitution as well as various statutes as the Leader of the Majority Party has pointed out, were matters that were covered by the recently passed tax amendment laws. As a Committee, we would like to propose that this House rejects all the proposed amendments and we go for mediation and hopefully we can find a solution to this matter. However, we are not persuaded by any of those amendments and we cannot accede to any of them for various reasons, such as breach of provisions of Article 109 of the Constitution and other laws. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
}