Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 703339,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/703339/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 166,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
        "slug": "stephen-kipyego-sang"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. Wamatangi who has moved this very important Bill. The Assumption of the Office of the Governor Bill, 2016 is such an important Bill that this Parliament should approve and have this legislation enacted into law with reasonable speed so that we have certainty with regard to the management and running of our counties even as we proceed into the elections. This Bill came to the Standing Committee on Human Affairs and Legal Rights. We have a set of amendments that we propose to this Bill. It is important, as a country, to have certainty on the way we handle our processes in this country. Being elected into a political office is a very competitive process. Looking at the politics ahead of 2017, one of the positions that have attracted a lot of serious competition is the position of governor. It is therefore, important that many of these things are not left to chance. We saw the swearing in of the current set of governors. It varied from one county to another. Stories are being told of counties who organized functions to make the governor-elect an elder which preceded the formal swearing in. We saw counties where the very solemn responsibility of swearing in a governor was overtaken by the political sideshows that did not give serious regard to the activities of assumption of office of a governor. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}