Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1008361,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1008361/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 319,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. This is an idea whose time has come. Who am I to resist? Kenya has been a haven for peace in a continent that has been marred by civil wars, guerilla wars and coup d'état. So, when many people have problems in their countries, they want to go to havens of peace like Kenya. If you remember, we have had four Heads of State who were democratically elected. Two of them retired voluntarily, handed over the baton of leadership and went home. That is why we are admired far and wide as a haven of peace. I want to congratulate the Committee. It did extensive public participation, interrogated communities that host refugees and organisations of and for refugees. It also brought on board international instruments that Kenya ratified and are part of our laws. It is high time, and that is why I support this Bill, for us to rethink the whole issue of refugees. We can use them as a human resource. If a lion can adopt a baby Oryx which is naturally its food, why can we not, as a country, adopt refugees and use them as a human resource? My colleague had alluded to the fact that USA is developed because of immigrants. We can adopt refuges as immigrants and use then to steer our economy to greater heights. Most of them are qualified doctors, engineers, researchers and teachers. We can tap on that human resource. A human brain channeled to proper use is of more worth than all gold mines in Ghana and all oil wells in Libya."
}