{"id":1196791,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1196791/?format=json","text_counter":167,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abass","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13587,"legal_name":"Abass Sheikh Mohamed","slug":"abass-sheikh"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues to congratulate my friend, a man we started politics together in United Republican Party (URP) and have been travelling together to date. I assure you that he deserves to be given that position. I thank the President for seeing the potential in Sen. Murkomen. He is a very able and vibrant person. I believe and assure everybody that he is a man of all seasons who can serve everywhere in this country. Sen. Murkomen, I wish you well. I want you to remember me because we only have a 12-kilometre tarmac road in Wajir and beyond. Therefore, there is already an ongoing project, which was planned for by the World Bank (WB) from Isiolo to Wajir and Mandera. I want you to actualize that, my brother. We have remained the same for many years and many successive Governments. We want to see a difference this time. You should make a legacy for the people of Northern Kenya. With those few remarks, I wish you well and all the best in your endeavors."}