{"id":494267,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/494267/?format=json","text_counter":96,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"You said chungwa ! You seem to have been trying to find a solution but also to deal with a few issues in your ruling. One of the issues you wanted to deal with - and I would request you to deal with as the Chair of the Procedure and House Rules Committee - is the independence of Parliament. I did say yesterday that the Standing Orders are not a creation of the Speaker of the National Assembly or the Leader of Majority Party. It is unfortunate that this morning, as I watched the Cheche Programme on Citizen Television, there were unfortunate comments from one Nyachae that you need to retract and apologize in defeat. I disagree with that position because there is an attempt by outsiders to direct the functions and actions of this House."}