{"id":120389,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/120389/?format=json","text_counter":322,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for allowing me time to move this Bill. I want to thank my fellow hon. Members and, in particular, the Ministers who contributed and supported this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need not repeat myself. Let us look at the forefathers of Africa. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who has been quoted here several times, was once was asked by a journalist: “Why are you getting food for your people from South Africa, which is practicing apartheid?” And said: “I would not mind going to hell to get food, if that is where it is available.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us not take our people for granted when it comes to issues regarding unga and all the other essential commodities in this country. I think Kenyans are extremely patient people, but we have witnessed very ugly incidents in"}