{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=153190","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=153188","results":[{"id":1550082,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550082/?format=json","text_counter":13,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(The Quorum Bell was rung)"},{"id":1550083,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550083/?format=json","text_counter":14,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, we now have a Quorum."},{"id":1550084,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550084/?format=json","text_counter":15,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CHAIR"},{"id":1550085,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550085/?format=json","text_counter":16,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"REVISION OF ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS"},{"id":1550086,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550086/?format=json","text_counter":17,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, we will proceed as follows. After the preliminaries, we will skip Order No.7 and put the question at Order No.8. We will then have the First Reading at Order No. 9. I do not see Hon. Junet here. Hon. Naomi Waqo, do you have any brief on Order No.10? Order No.10 is a very straightforward Motion. I do not anticipate any unhelpful debate. It extends the time of the Selection Panel on the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for two weeks. The request has been approved by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and the House Business Committee (HBC). I will hesitate to allow unhelpful debate to interfere with the ongoing recruitment process. The Selection Panel is interviewing candidates for the Chairperson and Commissioners of the IEBC. I know most of us can sometimes go overboard in front of the cameras. I encourage that this Motion be disposed of in the shortest time possible because the organs of the House have agreed on a two- week extension for them to finish their work. In good time, you will have the opportunity to debate their products when they come to this House."},{"id":1550087,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550087/?format=json","text_counter":18,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"We will then go to Questions. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior is supposed to appear today. We can go to questions if we can deal with the preliminaries up to 3.30 p.m. or 3.15 p.m."},{"id":1550088,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550088/?format=json","text_counter":19,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"DESIGNATION OF MEMBER AS VICE-CHAIRPERSON OF POWERS AND PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE"},{"id":1550089,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550089/?format=json","text_counter":20,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"As I make the next Communication, those in touch with the Minority Whip can call him. Hon. Robert Mbui, will you be moving the Motion on extension? If not, look for your boss. Hon. Naomi Waqo is here."},{"id":1550090,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550090/?format=json","text_counter":21,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, I have a short communication on the designation of a Member as the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee of Powers and Privileges. 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."},{"id":1550091,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550091/?format=json","text_counter":22,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"As you may be aware, the National Assembly Committee of Powers and Privileges is constituted under Section 15 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act (Cap 6). In establishing the Committee, the Act designates the Speaker as Chairperson but neither provides for the position of a Vice-Chairperson to deputise the Speaker nor the manner of causing a Member to take charge of the affairs of the Committee in the absence of the Speaker, as is the case for other Select Committees. Given the nature of the work of the Committee vis-à-vis the responsibilities and the various hats worn by the holder of the Office of the Speaker, it is not feasibly possible for the Speaker to be available to preside over the meetings of the Committee on a regular basis. Further, it is not tenable for the Speaker to sit in the Liaison Committee as the Chairperson representing the Committee of Powers and Privileges. In order to strike a fair balance and ensure that the Committee of Powers and Privileges is able to transact its business unhindered regularly and to have representation in the Liaison Committee, I hereby designate the Hon. Joseph Lekuton, CBS, MP, a Member of the Committee, as the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee of Powers and Privileges. Further to his role as the Vice-Chairperson, the Hon. Lekuton will be the representative of the Committee in the Liaison Committee. Hon. Members, in the same vein, I also designate the Hon. Omboko Milemba, CBS, MP, as the representative of the House Business Committee in the Liaison Committee. The designation of the Hon. Lekuton and the Hon. Milemba takes effect immediately. It shall remain in force until the lapse of the terms of their respective Committees or such other time as the appointing authority may deem fit. The relevant Committees and, indeed, the House are accordingly guided. Next Order."}]}