{"id":1174883,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1174883/?format=json","text_counter":218,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kasanga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13185,"legal_name":"Sylvia Mueni Kasanga","slug":"sylvia-mueni-kasanga"},"content":"Firstly, Madam Deputy Speaker, the Speaker himself was of great encouragement to me on a personal level. He encouraged me to rise to the occasion and to put forward--- in fact, he is the one who suggested to me about the Alternative Dispute Resolution Bill which he felt I should champion, being a practitioner of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the country. I thank him for that support and I wish him well in his next endeavors. I thank in a special way Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr., who is my Senator back at home. He said one very important thing to me - which I shared with my fellow Senators who came in after us. He said you have to find a cause when you come to a House like this one. Find a cause of great impact and run with it because five years is a short time. He advised that you have to bring your Bills early enough in the House because once the House has done over half the time, bringing a new Bill becomes a bit of a"}