{"id":772366,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/772366/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Nuh","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2840,"legal_name":"Junet Sheikh Nuh","slug":"junet-sheikh-nuh"},"content":"In the last Parliament, the committee membership was 29. Attendance of committee meetings was very poor. Standing Orders say that if a Member misses four consecutive sittings, he or she is supposed to be removed from that committee. I hope this time that will be taken care of. At the time of assigning Members committees, every Members fights to be in a committee he wants, but when sittings begin, raising a quorum of five Members becomes difficult. So, many times committees adjourn because they do not have quorum on a particular day and set another day for a sitting. Sometimes the public officers who have been invited are left unattended. We want Members to take attendance of committee meetings seriously because it is as important as the plenary sitting."}