Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1368384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368384/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 292,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
        "slug": "osotsi-godfrey-otieno"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this important opportunity to also weigh in on this Motion on the repossession of movable assets by lending institutions due to non-performing loans. Let me start by thanking the Mover, Sen. Wamatinga, for bringing this timely Motion to this House. As a House, we need to seek ways in which we can help our youth who are going through many challenges in repaying loans that they have received from various Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs), micro finance institutions and banks to start businesses in transport. Many people who are affected in this case are boda boda operatives. You will acknowledge that it is a very important sector in this country. This is because it contributes about Kshs365 billion every year which translates to about Kshs1 billion every month. That is not a sector that should be underrated but promoted so that we can earn more as a country. Any responsible Government would want to maximize on its revenue strategies and not undermine the same revenue strategies it is supposed to be promoting. We have seen many challenges with the youth in the boda boda sector. They have taken up loans in some of these lending institutions and barely a few months after paying"
}