Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 297357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/297357/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 399,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
        "slug": "ekwee-ethuro"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. I am opposing the Motion because almost two years after we got a new Constitution, this Government has remained incompetent. It is tired. It does not follow the provisions of the law. The Constitution is very clear on what needs to be done. The Government should not intimidate us. We are not refusing to pass the Vote on Account. This is the work we have come here to do. We want the Government to do it properly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I heard the Minister for Energy say that we want to go and talk about the money for the roads. Where I come from, even the tarmac that existed before has disappeared. So, which roads will I be going to talk to my people about? He was telling me that he wanted money to do the road. Do those in the Executive want to do roads in their own homes? Every hon. Member of this House can bear me witness. How many constituencies have been given their full Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) allocations in the current financial year, which is coming to an end? Does the Minister want me to believe that I can take his word to the bank? We have given this Minister a lot of goodwill from our side but he has now joined the comfort zone of the Executive. He is now trying to make undertakings. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since Parliament is a law-making body, we are not interested in undertakings. He is a lawyer. He should know better. We are interested in the institutional framework."
}