{"id":680791,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680791/?format=json","text_counter":121,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mulu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1955,"legal_name":"Benson Makali Mulu","slug":"benson-makali-mulu"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I require your direction on the matter that I am raising. Our Standing Orders provide for formation of Departmental Committees which are charged with the responsibility of addressing matters of national interest, like the one we are debating. I seek your guidance on this matter, which falls squarely under the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, why a matter which can be addressed by a Departmental Committee is taken over by a Select Committee? I want to hear your opinion and direction. What message are we sending to the Departmental Committees of this House?"}