{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=136942","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=136940","results":[{"id":1385821,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385821/?format=json","text_counter":79,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turbo, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Janet Sitienei","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Public Petitions Committee on its consideration of: 1. Public Petition No.3 of 2022 by Hon. Said Buya Hiribae regarding de- gazettement of Hola Irrigation Scheme land to allow for the expansion of the County Headquarters of Tana River; and, 2. Public Petition No.4 of 2022 by Mr. Stephen Mutoro regarding funds spent by the national Government contrary to the provisions of Article 223 of the Constitution. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."},{"id":1385822,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385822/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Member, did you have any notice of Motion or only Papers to lay?"},{"id":1385823,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385823/?format=json","text_counter":81,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turbo, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Janet Sitienei","speaker":null,"content":" Both."},{"id":1385824,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385824/?format=json","text_counter":82,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"NOTICE OF MOTION"},{"id":1385825,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385825/?format=json","text_counter":83,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"ADOPTION OF REPORT ON FUNDS SPENT BY NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 223 OF THE CONSTITUTION"},{"id":1385826,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385826/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turbo, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Janet Sitienei","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Petitions Committee on its consideration of Public Petition No.4 of 2022 regarding the funds spent by the National Government contrary to the provisions of Article 223 of the Constitution, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 12th March 2024."},{"id":1385827,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385827/?format=json","text_counter":85,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you. Hon. Members, we can now go back to Order 8."},{"id":1385828,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385828/?format=json","text_counter":86,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":" On a point of order."},{"id":1385829,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385829/?format=json","text_counter":87,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Let me give the Leader of the Minority Party an opportunity."},{"id":1385830,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1385830/?format=json","text_counter":88,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No. 47(3). But before I go there, Standing Order No.47(3) is all about the Speaker determining the constitutionality of a Motion or a Bill before it is processed by the House, and I will not read it because it is clear. I will for a moment talk about the Rulings made by the former Speaker, Hon. Justin Muturi, a legal mind of no mean repute and indeed, of his predecessors, in both the 11th and 12th Parliaments, which I was privileged to serve in. I speak on a specific Ruling that he made on 21st December 2021on the Constitutionality of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, on a Tuesday Afternoon. At page 298 of that Ruling, he said, and I am just but paraphrasing him: “That before I guide the House on the pertinent questions for determination, it is worth noting that Articles 3 and 10 of the Constitution oblige the Chair to respect, uphold and defend the Constitution. As you are aware, all the businesses that comes before the House are approved by the Speaker. And among other considerations, the Speaker applies his mind as to the constitutionality or otherwise, of such business as contemplated under Standing Order 47(3).” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"}]}