Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 261574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/261574/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 249,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 114,
        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
        "slug": "nuh-abdi"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support this Motion. I want to thank the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs and the Leader of Government Business for, at least, intimating that he will withdraw the Motions that were raising some emotions in this House. I want to remind the Leader of Government Business and the Executive Bench that when this House rose in December for the adjournment, the concerns that dominated the debate for adjournment was whether the Government would be in a position to meet the deadlines stipulated in the Constitution on implementation of crucial Bills that the Executive has now presented before the House. These were the same concerns you had raised when we were in a workshop in Mombasa. Luckily enough, hon. Ethuro, hon. Mbadi and I had petitioned your office and I want to extend my thanks and gratitude to all the Members of Parliament who supported us and appended their signatures on the petition. I also want to thank, most importantly, the Members of the Executive Bench, namely, Assistant Ministers and Ministers, who saw the concern of the petition and also helped us in appending their signatures, though the Government responded belatedly. The essence of that petition was only to remind the Executive that we were delaying and that the Members of Parliament and the Back Bench specifically, would not allow to be rushed into enacting laws which are flawed. Meeting the deadlines as stipulated in the Constitution is not only a procedural matter. We will not want, in our quest to beat deadlines that are stipulated for us to enact legislations which are in conflict. That is what will happen when Bills are not ventilated upon by the specific relevant Committees of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just as my colleagues have said, we are ready even as the backbench to lend a hand and extend Sitting Hours because this will help the nation."
}