{"id":376253,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/376253/?format=json","text_counter":93,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ng’ongo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2884,"legal_name":"Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a","slug":"alice-wambui-nganga"},"content":"On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I know this is an old tradition. However, Hon. Shebesh rose on Standing Order No.44(2)(c) which says:- “A Member may request for a Statement from the Committee Chairperson relating to matters under the mandate of the Committee and the Speaker may either appoint a day for the Statement or direct that the Statement be issued on the same day.” The reason why statements, before they are asked in the House, go through the Speaker’s Office is for them to be approved. When you allow other Members to rise in the House and add onto a Statement that has been sought by a Member, are the additional or supplementary issues being raised asked through the Speaker’s Office? I think we need to clarify this matter because if you have to ask supplementary issues, you should wait for the Statement to be brought. Otherwise, you are like bringing a Statement to the House through the backdoor without passing through the Speaker’s Office. So, I request that you find all the other Statements sought after that of hon. (Ms,) Shebesh out of order. Therefore, they should be expunged from the proceedings of the House."}