{"id":656433,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/656433/?format=json","text_counter":158,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Wakhungu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1889,"legal_name":"Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu","slug":"chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose the proposed amendment because the Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority is an autonomous organisation and a parastatal. According to the Parastatal Act, it is already provided for that the chairman of the parastatal must have a degree. This is just a repetition. I do not see the value added as far as this is concerned. It meant well but I do not know why we should do a repetition because it will be guided under the Parastatal Act."}