Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1120736,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120736/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 185,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I support the censure Motion fully without fear because these two gentlemen have failed this country. What shocks me in this country is that when we are here as Senators or Members of the National Assembly, we claim we are representing our constituents. Who do these CS represent? That is the whole problem. These people do not care about who you represent. They represent the authority that appointed them. What shocks me is that these two have been in Parliament for that long. We have been with hon. Keter and Munyes all along. They have even been in the Senate; they have been in the National Assembly. They know what really happens in Parliament. How come they decided not to come to Parliament? They could have even said at the sidelines: “We have no authority”, but they come here and say what they need to say in front of everybody else. I think this is not right. This is very unfair. This is very wrong for this country. As many have said here, the President of the Republic of Kenya has to act on these two CSs unless there is something else we are not aware of. Some 15 years ago, I raised a Motion in the National Assembly where I wanted that we be allowed to create small power generation companies in our localities or where, if you can get a generator or an appliance for solar energy in your house you can distribute power to the people around you. However, that Motion was thrown out at that time. I think it was in 2005. This monopoly has been continuing and we have always been told that this is a cash cow. Now it has stopped being a cash cow; it is dead. It is debt ridden. The Executive should change the board today. If KP cannot perform, if they have failed all along, what is the use of having it in place? It should be disbanded. Let KenGen take over those functions because I am aware that at least KenGen has some money. The KP has become debt-ridden like KQ which is pumped with money every other time. We should not waste our money on KP; it should be dissolved. It has been mentioned that this is a sensitive issue; what is sensitive about it? In my simple house where I live, I pay Kshs30,000 per month for electricity. I live in my house with five individuals and we do not even use many electrical appliances. The hot water from the shower is from solar energy. This is crazy. Something is wrong in this country and something should be done. Hon. Members have talked about power generating companies. Somebody has a big boat somewhere and wants to supply power to KenGen. Why? They do not do anything; you give them unnecessary money. This should be stopped and if we have to do it, we should then create solar or wind energy in northern Kenya."
}