GET /api/v0.1/hansard/entries/260588/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"id": 260588,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/260588/?format=api",
"text_counter": 605,
"type": "other",
"speaker_name": "",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "Section 6(7) of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act provides that the National Assembly shall within 21 days of the day it next sits after receipt of the names of applicants by the President, vet and consider all the applicants and may approve or reject any or all of them. Thereafter, Section 6(8) of the same Act provides that where the National Assembly approves the applicants, the Speaker of the National Assembly shall forward the names of the approved applicants to the President for appointment. If on the other hand, the National Assembly rejects any or all applicants, the Speaker shall within three days communicate the decision of the National Assembly to the President and request the President to subject fresh nominations. Hon. Members, from the position of the Constitution, as read together with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act, it is my considered opinion that if the Constitution is to be interpreted in the manner demanded by Article 259 as well as Article 10 of the Constitution, it must be absolutely certain either that the National Assembly has unequivocally approved or rejected the nomination of any person. The Speaker, in preparing a certificate, advising the President on the set of the approval process in respect of any nominee should not be put in the position where he has to deduce what the implication of any decision of the House is. Taking into account Section 6, (subsections 7 and 8) of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission Act, it is imperative that the Speaker is absolutely certain, and without a shred of doubt, as to the decision of the House. The jurisprudence on the process of approvals of office holders by the National Assembly prior to their"
}