{"id":1208899,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1208899/?format=json","text_counter":99,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance. I also take the opportunity to congratulate the newly elected Member for Bungoma. I thank the constituents of Bungoma County for voting in the new Senator, Sen. Wafula. I actually visited Bungoma County during the campaigns. The runner up is my friend whom we served with in the National Assembly. One of the weekends I visited Bungoma County, the contest was too close to call. It was not very easy to know who was to win. I knew whoever would win would be a Member of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition. Sen. Wafula is a member of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition. The other competitor who was number two also happens to be a member of United Democratic Alliance (UDA). Sen. Wafula, I congratulate you and ask you to fit into the shoes of Sen. Wetangula."}