Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 689355,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/689355/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 468,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": "Hon. Benjamin, I am talking. Parliament can give powers when they are brought to this Floor; they cannot be given by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. So, we will not legislate something which is contrary to the Constitution. Unless somebody tells me that we “blind” our eyes on Articles 209 and 210, I will not support this amendment. That is what we are doing here today. If the Constitution did not give us that power, then there was no need for the Finance Bill. During retired President Moi’s time, the Minister for Finance, could, in the middle of the night, say beer tax had increased. We will not give our powers to the CS unless the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade tells us. Forget about whether you grow sorghum or millet. I also keep camels but that has nothing to do with the Constitution and the law. I have over 500 camels in Bura Constituency. Those of you who follow my tweets have seen me milking them. Tell me how we marry that amendment with the provisions of Articles 209 and 210 of the Constitution. If you are telling us to pass this amendment, then you are abrogating Articles 209 and 210. The Constitution has given the National Assembly the powers. Let me go on record. The Constitution has provided that no taxes shall be levied, waived or varied except with the prior approval of the National Assembly. I am a Member of the National Assembly. Tell me how you mortgage my powers to the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury."
}