{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138178","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138176","results":[{"id":1398181,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398181/?format=json","text_counter":544,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Murugara","speaker":null,"content":"because they are all poached by other services because of deplorable terms of service."},{"id":1398182,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398182/?format=json","text_counter":545,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Murugara","speaker":null,"content":"Therefore, this proposed amendment seeks to strengthen that office."},{"id":1398183,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398183/?format=json","text_counter":546,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Murugara","speaker":null,"content":"I beg to move."},{"id":1398184,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398184/?format=json","text_counter":547,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Question of the amendment proposed)"},{"id":1398185,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398185/?format=json","text_counter":548,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" This should attract some attention and interest."},{"id":1398186,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398186/?format=json","text_counter":549,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mbeere North, DP","speaker_title":"Hon. Ruku GK","speaker":null,"content":" I rise to support this amendment. The Office of the Attorney-General is critical because all the agreements made by the Government and other governments must go through it. This office has shortage of staff. The Rt. Hon. Justin Muturi is a highly experienced individual who has served this country with dedication and commitment, not only as the Attorney-General but also as the Speaker of this House. He is a stickler of law and always strives for positive results. He can only achieve the desired outcomes if his office is properly staffed and given the necessary autonomy. I support this amendment. Our country should abide by the rule of law whether local or international."},{"id":1398187,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398187/?format=json","text_counter":550,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Hon. Sunkuli."},{"id":1398188,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398188/?format=json","text_counter":551,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilgoris, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Sunkuli","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support this. However, I am uncertain that this is the correct prescription for the problems in the Office of the Attorney-General. Many of the employees are leaving because they were never qualified for their positions in the first place. The Office of the Attorney-General has a history of appointing people based on their connections, rather than their qualifications. When these individuals find greener pastures, they move on. This counsel will be critical in…"},{"id":1398189,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398189/?format=json","text_counter":552,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairman","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" There is a point of order from the Leader of the Majority Party."},{"id":1398190,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398190/?format=json","text_counter":553,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Chairman, we should not use this Floor to disparage other people. Hon. Sunkuli avers that people are employed in the Office of the Attorney-General on the basis of who they know and are not necessarily qualified. Maybe just for information to Hon. Sunkuli, most of our best drafters in this House have been poached from the Office of the Attorney-General. Some of the best advocates also in ministries and parastatals have been poached from the Office of the Attorney-General. Therefore, it is not fair to disparage those very diligent officers working in the office of the Attorney-General, that they are not qualified or that they found their way there on account of who they know. Many of them are young Kenyans, who know nobody. They just applied for jobs and got. I believe even some of these technical officers sitting on the bench here came from the Office of the Attorney-General. So, we should be cautious not to disparage people on the basis of where they worked before or where they are working today."}]}