{"id":1198990,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1198990/?format=json","text_counter":216,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Matayos, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Geoffrey Odanga","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I thank the people of Matayos Constituency in Busia County for giving me a third term to serve them as their Member of Parliament. That goes a long way to demonstrate the confidence they have in me and I assure them that I will give them my best so that we can develop on what we started with them. I want to be in the rankings of Hon. Duale, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, Hon. Moroto and many others who have served five terms and beyond. I also congratulate you on your election as our Deputy Speaker. However, I want to register my disappointment that I came to this House a few minutes after 1.00 pm. I was number 10 on that queue. I have seen Members who have come after me, including one who came and I assisted him to slot in his card, given a chance to speak and go, despite my appeal to the substantive Speaker to give me an opportunity. I am from the ward. I have been in the hospital for about two weeks. I was operated upon on my neck. This is the first time I am appearing here without a neck collar. I thought I should have been given a chance to speak on these important Motions, including the one that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}