{"id":553004,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/553004/?format=json","text_counter":207,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Billow","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":260,"legal_name":"Billow Adan Kerrow","slug":"billow-kerrow"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to address the issue of the directive which is the main borne of contention. When Hon. Raila Odinga was the Prime Minister, he gave a directive to the IEBC in broad daylight regarding the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR). Why was that directive not interfering with the functions of an independent commission and yet the directive being given now is the same?"}