Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 516240,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/516240/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 164,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
        "slug": "samuel-kiprono-chepkonga"
    },
    "content": "If that is the intention, then, we should be told the importance of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I would like to remind Members that under Article 95 of the Constitution, I was not elected to go to Committees; rather I was elected to represent people in their problems. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs makes recommendations just as others do. Therefore, we should not be told that there is a special Committee which makes decisions on behalf of this House. It cannot be true and it will be unconstitutional to advance that argument. It is also unfair for Members who sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee to go against the Articles of the Constitution which are very express and clear. There is nobody who has monopoly of ideas. We are being told, “You must listen to this only”. No! It cannot be true. Article 73 of the Constitution is very clear. We are State Officers. When making decisions, we must be objective and impartial. No State Officer is expected to act unconstitutionally. Anybody who acts against Chapter Six of the Constitution should be ruled out of order. In fact, I expected you to send hon. Mbadi out of the House again."
}