Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1143533,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1143533/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 367,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Masara",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13486,
        "legal_name": "Peter Francis Masara",
        "slug": "peter-francis-masara"
    },
    "content": "of them got elected. We can give an example of Hon. Millie Odhiambo. You cannot read the history of this august House without mentioning the name of Hon. Millie Odhiambo for her contribution. If you do not document such things, nobody will ever know and there will come a time when people will be crying that men should be given opportunity to lead. Then we will give an example in history that there was a time when women were given opportunity and they excelled in their leadership. I know we are going to succeed in this course. We need to start an institute where ranking Members of Parliament can serve as lecturers. Imagine the contributions of people like Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o, Hon. Orengo, Hon. Duale, the late Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and Ouma Muga. Those who are still alive and have not got opportunity to be elected again to serve in this House can serve as lecturers to other parliamentarians in an institute established by the National Assembly. At times I look at our country. In countries like the USA, once you have served in a position, you are not left to retire at home with the wealth of knowledge that you have. In Kenya, once you exit office, nobody cares about you. Remember the investment that the country has put in such individuals. If they can be used in an institute based on this history, then this country will be a very rich country. I am happy that I got an opportunity to be in this House this particular evening. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga has been talking about history. He has been very categorical and passionate about history, and more so the history of our country – where we were, where we are now and where we want to go. We cannot project where we want to go if we do not know where we were yesterday. We cannot succeed tomorrow if we do not know what happened to us today. History is like a foundation. It guides us on how to move forward. It reminds us of good things and bad things which happened and then we make informed decisions based on that history. This is a very good Motion. Even if we have to appoint nine Members, so be it. I request that even those Members who are not here, but who worked for Parliament, who contributed and who were elected two or three times need to be included in that committee so that we can exploit the wealth of knowledge they accumulated during their time. I support that those who have been here for a long time need to be given opportunity. Hon. Naomi Shaban has been here for as long as you can remember. Others are Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi and Hon. Adan Keynan. Whether such people are re-elected to Parliament or not, you cannot erase what they have in terms of knowledge for our great Parliament. Should we succeed in doing this, history will judge us well because those who will be reading will refer to this initiative. They will ask who initiated this process. Our names will be written somewhere. I am sure when they will be writing that history they will write that Hon. Peter Masara contributed on this particular day. With those remarks, I support."
}