Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1030640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1030640/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 11,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
        "slug": "johnson-arthur-sakaja"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday 11th November, 2020- Report of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on a Petition to the Senate concerning the rounding up, dentition, transfer and dumping of street children by the Nakuru County Government. As is tradition, kindly allow me to give salient features of this Petition because the report is not discussed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Petition was presented to the Senate on 27th February, 2019 by the newly wed, Sen. Susan Kihika, Senator for Nakuru County. The Speaker further directed that the Petition be dealt with by the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. The Committee acknowledges that the Petition is long overdue. However, we note that it raises delicate and pertinent matters regarding the welfare of children, in particular, that of street children. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we held eight sittings including with the petitioner, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, (The State Department of Social Protection), representatives of the street families’ Rehabilitation Trust Fund and we visited the street children twice. At that point, the Trust Fund had no board and they are in the process of developing the national policy on street families. They have just been nominated to the board. Through our discussion with them, they gave us a draft policy and we will still engage with them once the draft is finalized. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}