Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1030272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1030272/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 360,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir CWR, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Fatuma Gedi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1139,
        "legal_name": "Fatuma Gedi Ali",
        "slug": "fatuma-gedi-ali"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to join my colleagues to congratulate my Chair for the job well done. As a member and Vice-Chair of that Committee, I am impressed with the Report from the Chair. It is not easy to go to 18 police stations. The circumstances are not easy. Police officers are human beings like us. It is not easy for them to secure our borders, enforce law and order and, at the same time, work during a difficult pandemic. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even when you are leaving this Chamber and going home at night in the rain, you can imagine them doing that work. It is really hard. Remember those police officers also have families. They have vulnerable groups in their homes. They have children. At the end of the day, when they go back home, they have a family to protect. Many talk about the harsh areas in this country where people disregard even the Ministry of Health guidelines. It is really hard for them to enforce those guidelines when they themselves do not have enough protective gear. We expect them to do civic education. We expect them to monitor. You heard His Excellency the President say yesterday that “no mask no service, bilabarakoa, hakuna huduma ”. Who are the people we want to enforce this? We are relying on them. How are we prepared? How are they prepared? All our colleagues have talked about the police stations. They are all in pathetic situations, especially in the slums. The other time in the Committee, the Major-General in charge of the Nairobi Metropolitan was telling us how he found a slum with a population of 20,000 being served by one police station. It is really shameful. You then expect that small police station with a limited 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."
}