{"id":450974,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/450974/?format=json","text_counter":199,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":141,"legal_name":"David Eseli Simiyu","slug":"david-eseli"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. It has become a rather dangerous habit recently that we try to amend very fundamental and serious laws of this country through a miscellaneous amendment and yet, some of those laws are so crucial. Before we try to amend or repeal them in an underhand way, they need more debate. Hon. Speaker, I am particularly zeroing in on a very interesting inclusion in this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. They want - in a roundabout way – to do away with the Transition Authority (TA). That is very dangerous. The Act that set up the Transition Authority - and there was a reason for setting it up - envisaged a situation The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}