Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1342384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1342384/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 283,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2792,
        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
        "slug": "john-waluke-koyi"
    },
    "content": "nowhere to be seen. Their roads are impassable. That is why in some areas, like where I come from, we worked on the roads with KeRRA and later on, the county governments came and took over those roads. For the last 10 years, those roads have not seen even a grader to grade them, and governors are still looking for money from KeRRA to make sure that they eat it. The little Ksh100 million or Ksh200 million can be seen in terms of work done but the billions of shillings that are given to the county governments every year are not seen in any work that they are doing. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Chairman should summon the Director-General to appear before the Committee and give the reasons why he is joining a kangaroo committee trying to transfer money from KeRRA to the county governments so that it can be squandered. The county governments have a lot of money. It is in billions. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) was in court last time because the county governors wanted the money from the NG-CDF to go to the county governments. We, as a House, are not going to allow the Director-General of KeRRA to move even one cent. We want him to immediately cancel the letter he wrote to the county governments during his meeting in Naivasha. Action should be taken against that cocoon meeting. The meeting in Naivasha was by a kangaroo committee, and it has no effect. The law is made in this House and used in this country. The law is not made in Naivasha. They should follow the Constitution of this country, which is very clear. The mandates of every sector are provided accordingly. This House makes laws. The last thing I can say is that the letter that the Chairman wrote was mild. He should write a very tough letter to them summoning them to appear before the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. With those few remarks, I support."
}