{"id":1149900,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1149900/?format=json","text_counter":62,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Orengo","speaker_title":"The Senate Minority Leader","speaker":{"id":129,"legal_name":"Aggrey James Orengo","slug":"james-orengo"},"content":" Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to welcome the students from Maliku Girls Secondary School from Kitui. It is good that their distinguished Senator is here; the bishop who is one of the very hardworking Senators in the Senate. I will follow the footsteps of Sen. Beth Mugo and ask the students to pass our regards to the people of Kitui. People do not know that when I started my legal practice, I used to do a lot of my work in Machakos and Kitui. I went to many courts in Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and the entire Ukambani region. At that time when I started practicing in Kitui, Machakos and Makueni, just like in any other parts of the country, there were very few people in that region belonging to"}