Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 75190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/75190/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 35,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 279,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
        "slug": "joseph-munyao"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the implementation of the new constitution requires us also to be very conscious of our responsibilities and boundaries as a House. The responsibility of interpreting the constitution and applying the law is the responsibility of the courts. Once we have passed the law here, it is very irresponsible for us if we allow the institution that is created by the same Constitution to do its job. There is a tendency with hon. Members of this House – I am sorry to say so because I am an hon. Member of this House – to want to acquire all the power that is in the Constitution; to appropriate all the power unto themselves. This does not augur well for the implementation of the new Constitution. Can we, at least, in the new spirit of the new Constitution, respect our courts and allow them to do the job that they are doing? This matter is before the courts. Mr. Speaker, Sir, your appeal is in good spirit. If political leaders can be able to resolve the matter, well and good! And you have tried to do it even through Kamukunji’s . We have even tried to resolve these matters before, but we have not been able. If we can be able to resolve them this way, well and good! But, as long as citizens have gone to court challenging a decision of a Commission – which it is their right to challenge – we should not intimidate the courts by entertaining debate on those matters in this House."
}