{"id":885096,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/885096/?format=json","text_counter":102,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sakaja","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13131,"legal_name":"Johnson Arthur Sakaja","slug":"johnson-arthur-sakaja"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is in order for me to smile on any matter, because that is my natural disposition. I would like to inform my uncle, the Senator for Bungoma, that the Chairperson of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, Sen. Haji, sought leave of absence for a period, because of other duties. Therefore, for the time being, I am the acting Chair of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. Even without that, in his absence, as the Vice Chairperson who was elected unanimously, including by Sen. Wetangula, I act on his behalf as the Chairperson."}