{"id":1218532,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1218532/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kuria East, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Maisori Kemero","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Kuria has been mentioned adversely and wrongly. Kuria has four sub-counties, and only one sub-county is designated as a hardship area. It is not true. However, I support that the area in question, Rachuonyo North, be accorded this status because we understand the problems that obtain in that area. Secondly, with all due respect, I think the committees of this House are well represented holistically. I sit in the Committee on Public Petitions. In the last Parliament, I was also a Member of the Departmental Committee on Information, Communication and Technology. Therefore, I am aware and well-endowed with information that can assist that Committee to also prosecute matters on ICT. That goes for a few other Members. I think they are about four or five who have similar, if not more, experience on matters ICT. I do not think it is enough because if we take that route, every Petition has a place that it should sit. If we take that trajectory, we will then end up not having a Committee on Public Petitions. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."}