{"id":639912,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639912/?format=json","text_counter":53,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Secondly, as the Chair of PAC, I have to express my concern for failure by some of us to abide by our rules. This Report is of great public interest. I got a lot of calls from media houses as we were adopting it yesterday. They wanted to get an advance copy of it. I was very specific. In fact, one of the people who tried to contact me was the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Reporters Association. I was categorical that the only time they could lay their hands on this Report would be after it was tabled in the House and it had become public document. I am concerned because I saw some leaked portions of this Report in some newspapers this morning. While it is really difficult to police that kind of action, I call on Members to be confidential. For the Report to have been leaked, it must have come from within the Committee or somebody from the media must have tried to put influence on somebody, like they tried to influence me, to get an advance copy of the Report. Much as the media does not want us to control the way they do things, it is important that they respect our rules of procedure of conducting business in this House. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to move this Motion."}