{"id":1299421,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1299421/?format=json","text_counter":242,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Kamar","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":33,"legal_name":"Margaret Jepkoech Kamar","slug":"margaret-kamar"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. I congratulate the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations for a job well done. I say so because I happen to have become a friend to the Committee on the last day of their tour of Eldoret City to be. I was very impressed by the detailed manner with which the Committee was raising issues. I was also impressed by the interaction between our Committee and the public. It was a public participation per excellence . People were given opportunities and not restrained. Madam Temporary Speaker, in fact, I was so impressed that the Chairperson of your Committee, because you are part of that Committee, wanted to hear divergent views. As the Vice-Chairperson, you also insisted on the same. If there was anybody with a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."}