Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 115729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/115729/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 720,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
        "slug": "bonny-khalwale"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third reason why I am proposing this amendment is that we are now having the benefit of hindsight, in the sense that in the past, similar opportunities were used by previous Governments to fleece the taxpayer. Members of this House will remember that when Safaricom was being launched, there was a clever way in which this House was used as a rubber stamp; then a shadowy company called “Mobitelea” was sneaked in and as Safaricom has grown, people have remained very angry with the kind of unfair profits that Mobitelea continues to make. Also, when we privatized Telkom (K) under the current Government, seven days before the privatization process, a company was actually registered in Dubai by the name of Al Kazar Capital. This offshore company, because of the clever way of doing things away from the watchful eye of Parliament, ended up owning a whopping 11 per cent of the shares in Telkom (K) Limited. So, we want to be cleverer, and ensure that as we pass this Sessional Paper, we are not giving people a blank cheque. Having given those reasons, I would like to use this opportunity to condemn the attempt by the Minster for Roads to use this Parliament as a rubber stamp. This must never be done again in this country. Parliament must be respected by the Executive. There must be no attempt to convert us into a mere rubber stamp. Had the Minister not incurred the watchful eye of the un-official opposition, then the following questions would not have arisen. There are important questions which he must answer, which"
}