Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1304291,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1304291/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 154,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with you because ultimately, the 47 delegations will make their choice. They will decide whether to confirm the impeachment of the Governor or give the Governor another second chance to continue. The only thing I want to persuade you today is that for the history and also the importance of this House, whenever you point a finger, remember there is a finger that is pointing right back at you. An impeachment process is a very painful process to go through. It is important to know the consequences and also the unintended consequences. I do not care how anyone votes. I think all of us will vote based on our own conscience. I care about the process of coming up to that vote. That is why I want to persuade my colleagues because a Committee will give us an opportunity to read a report from 11 distinguished Members of this House after they have carried out an investigation on those allegations. They will be able to tell us whether those charges were substantiated or not. Anything we do in this House goes on record. I am very happy to propose the Committee way because of two reasons, so that I request Sen. Crystal Asige to second this Motion. When we go through the Committee, it will not be sitting here and listening to two lawyers. It will be our colleagues telling us that “we went through the documentation and found ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ and ‘d’ based on this. These are our observations and recommendations.” It will also give us an opportunity to be able to show Kenyans and the world who are watching that the Senate - even though it is not a court of law - can carry out the functions---"
}