{"id":44263,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/44263/?format=json","text_counter":1464,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wish to support the amendment. There is a very bad and dangerous trend being created in these proposed independent commissions. In the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, we already have a scenario where the Resource Allocation Commission is invaded by the Treasury through the so-called “seconded officers”. The reason as to why we have done this, as a Committee, is to set precedent, so the commissions can truly become independent in everything."}