Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 944899,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/944899/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 425,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 50,
        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
        "slug": "william-kipkiror"
    },
    "content": "So, those are the clauses in that Bill and they are that few. After we went through all these clauses, we found that Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the Bill had no problem. The Committee had a problem with Clause 5 (3) because the Senate has taken submissions from stakeholders, as I have said and it is observed that the Bill provides for mandatory public hearing with respect to every petition. We felt that this provision is not proper. There could be straightforward petitions which do not need to go to the public to seek views. So, this Bill in Clause 5 (3) makes it mandatory that every petition be subjected to public participation. We do not agree with that and in the Third Reading, we will make some amendments to that section. We observed that it is not foreseeable for the county assembly committee to invite a petitioner and conduct public hearing for every petition submitted before it. Some of the petitions availed before the committee may be fairly straightforward and the committee should make a decision without further reference to the petitioner and conclude."
}