{"id":1562180,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562180/?format=json","text_counter":356,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Prime Cabinet Secretary for the short, but good response. He has covered the core concerns that Members have. In terms of procedure, when a policy is brought to the House, we cannot amend it. To avoid resistance by the time it is brought to the House, is there a way that we can give our input quietly? It will be brought to the House when it is a done deal. Members will talk to it, but we will not amend it. It is not like a proposed law which we can amend. I request that we have quiet consultations. As Hon. Speaker said, if you give us a chance, every Member wants their constituency to be classified as a hardship area. If we put very firm and clear criteria for hardship areas and agree quietly on the outside, even if it is through a Kamukunji, then that is what should in the Policy."}