Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 261584,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/261584/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 259,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
        "slug": "charles-kilonzo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to wish you a happy new and, perhaps, a nice Valentine Day. As I support this Motion, I need to bring to the attention of hon. Members to what the Constitution Article 118 says. It says: “Parliament shall conduct its business in an open manner and its sittings and those of the Committees shall be in public. (b) Parliament shall facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other business of Parliament and its Committees.” What we have done today effectively if we adopt this Motion, automatically, we will deny public participation. The same Government has been accusing Parliament of making bad laws. The same Government through the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, only yesterday, said that out of the laws that we have made, we have made 100 errors. So, what I want to plead with the Government is to put its house in order. The whole of January, hon. Members had offered themselves; they were available. It took few hon. Members to talk to Mr. Speaker for him to take it upon himself. I wish to plead with the Government that today we are soft, but tomorrow we will be very reluctant. If we do not utilize the time we have, there will be very little support coming from the back bench. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
}