{"id":478179,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/478179/?format=json","text_counter":387,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Chepkong’a","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1154,"legal_name":"Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga","slug":"samuel-kiprono-chepkonga"},"content":"On the statement by the Petitioner at paragraph 5 of the Petition that issues in respect of the petition are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body, the Committee found out that, as a fact, the statement by the Petitioner was untrue. That is because the Chief Executive Officer and other officers have been charged over procurement issues and there are election petitions pending in a number of courts. This is in breach of Section 3 of the Petitions to Parliament Procedure Act."}