Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 803106,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/803106/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 278,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "which has no legal framework, the Government Printer operates like a warlord. He has no rules; he decides when to shoot and when not to shoot. This came into play when we were doing the referendum in 2005, when the publication of the Constitution, what was referred to as the Wako Bill that ended up having Orange and Banana had an amendment which was not originally passed because of the interests and the lack of legal framework. It operates under the Office of the President and is, therefore, subject to directions. There was a time we had issues about publication of Bills. When it goes there, he refuses to publish. But you have no way of asking him why he has not published because it is a secret. What is the problem about having 47 printers in all the counties? You provide employment, you speed up the work of legislation and you also get to publish things that are happening in the county that are not necessarily legislation. It could be what Sen. Petronila Were was saying about customary marriages, it could be loss of identity cards or title deeds, et cetera . Any change including change of name in Marsabit, people must come to the Government Printer in Nairobi. We are living as if we are in the 1950s when Kenyatta Avenue was called Mackinon Street. This is one of those impediments of the devolution. If you read the Act, that assuming a governor refuses to assent to a Bill within a specific period, it becomes law. How does it become law yet it has not been published, it has to come to Nairobi, the time has lapsed, he passes a special gazette when he feels like? We realized that the amount of money involved, that is being held at national Government level by the Government Printer who at times disappears--- Like he disappeared when we were doing the famous Windsor Retreat for election laws, the Government Printer disappeared. He did not want to publish it because there were interests. This is one of those things that we must fight for. The reason for this is that the people who we represent must know what the county assembly is doing. I remember there was a time I visited Sen. Mwaruma’s county assembly to address a boundary dispute between the two counties. There was a Castration Bill being discussed. If we want to truly have public participation, it is important that these 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."
}