{"id":1147392,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1147392/?format=json","text_counter":17,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Ndwiga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":278,"legal_name":"Peter Njeru Ndwiga","slug":"peter-ndwiga"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in welcoming the delegation from the United States of America. Unlike my colleagues, I did not have the advantage of studying in the USA, but my father was in the Michigan State University. Therefore, I still have the benefit of your system. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we were rewriting the Constitution of this country, we borrowed a lot from the American system. In fact, even the very establishment of this House - because we did not have the Senate before the current"}