Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 478144,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/478144/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 352,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
        "slug": "samuel-kiprono-chepkonga"
    },
    "content": "Hon. Speaker, finally, No.15. The Commission informed the Committee that some matters in the Petition are pending in court and that they should be dismissed as being insufficient, incompetent and abuse of the legal process and lacks merit in both fact and law. What basically the Commission was seeking to do was to invite us to invoke the principle that is contained in our own Standing Orders; the principle of sub judice ; that once a matter is pending before court, it cannot be discussed at the National Assembly. In support of that contention, they produced the charge sheet that contained the names of members of staff of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) who had been charged in Criminal Case No.141 of 2013 in which the CEO, together with the Deputy CEO and other members, were charged with irregular procurement of the popular elections Evid equipment. That matter is still pending in court. The Committee held Sittings and deliberated on the Petition by Mr. Robert Wafula Buke. The Committee noted a number of issues; considered the memorandum and representations are made there-under. In particular, it considered the joint affidavit by Juma Magwanga, Benson Isusa, Martin Mule Malonza, Naisiae T. Poloshe and Mustafa Abdullahi Ahmed and that which was in support of the Petition by hon. Abuya Abuya. In the memoranda that were received from the two that were in support of the IEBC, what they said in summary and in brief is that the elections were conducted by the IEBC in a transparent and fair manner and that the IEBC complied with all the laws as required. With regards to hon. Abuya Abuya, this was more of a personal issue; that in fact, hon. Abuya Abuya, who had been denied a nomination certificate had been promised to be nominated as a senator. Unfortunately, up to date, he has not been nominated although he claims he had been assured by IEBC. We were not dealing with politics. There was no party."
}