Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1569493,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569493/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 448,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Political Parties (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bill No. 26 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. By way of introduction, the Bill seeks to amend the Political Parties Act 2011. As I set off, the import of this amendment is to replace the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties with the Independent Political Parties Regulatory Commission. That is simply what it is about. I can go into the details, but I would like Kenyans and everyone to know what this Political Parties Bill is about. We have been used to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and the Registrar of Political Parties, but we are transforming the office of the Register of Political Parties now into a commission so that it can have the independence as provided in Chapter 15 of the Constitution on the commissions and independent offices in the Constitution. As a background, the National Assembly and the Senate resolved to establish the famous National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) to facilitate dialogue, consensus-building, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}