{"id":175882,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/175882/?format=json","text_counter":355,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Githae","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government","speaker":{"id":159,"legal_name":"Robinson Njeru Githae","slug":"robinson-githae"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, again, I would like to emphasize the importance of the parliamentary Departmental Committees working jointly with the Ministers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Departmental Committees are our eyes and ears! They are the ones that interrogate these Bills. It is important that they work together with the various Ministries. That makes our work much, much easier. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir."}