Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 782139,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/782139/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 6,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Hon. Senators, on Thursday, 15th March, 2018, I issued a Communication in the Senate in which I informed Hon. Senators that I had that morning, received a letter from the Senate Minority Whip, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Referenced; “Communication on Removal of Minority Leader, Sen. Moses Wetangula and Election of Sen. James Aggrey Orengo, Pursuant to Standing Order No. 20(4), 20(5) and 20(6)”. In the letter, the Senate Minority Whip informed me that he had, on 15th March, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., received Minutes of a meeting of the Orange Democratic Party held on 14th March 2018 at Crowne Plaza and resolutions dated 14th March 2018 signed by 16 Senators confirming the resolutions of the said meeting. The Senate Minority Leader proceeded to transmit the resolutions to my Office pursuant to Standing Order No.20(6)(a) of the Senate Standing Orders, for appropriate action. Hon. Senators will recall that on that occasion, I made an elaborate assessment of the facts of the matter and the governing constitutional and legal provisions, including the relevant provisions of the Standing Orders. In the end, I made a determination of this matter as follows- (1) That I found and held that on the basis of the letter of the Senate Minority Whip of Thursday, 15th March, 2018 and the minutes and signatures appended thereto, the criteria and threshold set out at Standing Order No.20(4) had been met and Sen. Moses Wetangula had accordingly been validly removed from the office of the Senate Minority Leader; and 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."
}