Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 631840,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/631840/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 240,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13123,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
        "slug": "martha-wangari"
    },
    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I was really hoping we would get guidance before we came to this point. However, I want to raise an issue in terms of Select Committee. The way the Standing Orders are crafted, they are divided into parts. All the committees fall under part XXIII on Select Committees. It begins from Standing Order No.176 all the way to Standing Order No.218. This is where all issues regarding committees are discussed. Personally, I have no problem with the minority side being the chair of the committee because it is clearly stipulated in the Standing Orders. That is the way it should be. The problem I have with this nomination is the number. That is the equal numbers on both sides. Standing Order No.178 talks about which numbers should represent each coalition or parliamentary party. That notwithstanding, Standing Order No.181 on composition of select committees says as follows: “Subject to any written law, these Standing Orders or a resolution of the Senate, a Select Committee shallconsist of an odd number of Senators, being not less than seven and not more than nine.” Madam Temporary Speaker, that is the reason the Standing Order envisaged a situation where even numbers will be a problem. Therefore, we need to be serious in deliberating this issue due to its importance to this Committee. We have been in limbo yet a lot of work is pending. Our hope is that we resolve it. If we resolve to have an even number in the Committee, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) Members must accept a seven and five as the only option. We must have the majority as it is provided in the Standing Order No.178."
}