{"id":998874,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/998874/?format=json","text_counter":223,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sakaja","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13131,"legal_name":"Johnson Arthur Sakaja","slug":"johnson-arthur-sakaja"},"content":"THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by (a) deleting the word “bi-weekly status reports providing” appearing immediately after the words “submit to Parliament” and substituting therefor the words “once in every two weeks a status report providing information on”; and (b) Inserting the following new subparagraph immediately after subparagraph (iii) in paragraph (a) - (iv) Resource mobilization and expenditure on the pandemic; The essence of these amendments is to make sure that twice a month; there are reports to Parliament by the national Government during a pandemic as well as reports on expenditure and resource mobilization. Our aim is to have accountability and transparency during the time of a pandemic."}