{"id":407394,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/407394/?format=json","text_counter":471,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I stand to oppose strongly the provisions of this Bill. In the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, line two states that:- “This statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2013 is in keeping with the practice of effecting minor amendments which do not merit the publication of a separate Bill and consolidating them into one Bill”."}