{"id":1373768,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1373768/?format=json","text_counter":275,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Githunguri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba","speaker":null,"content":"I cannot imagine my mother-in-law coming to my House in a six-floor block and live opposite another neighbour who does not speak her vernacular and expect her to feel comfortable in such a setting, if you want to dignify me and my people. We cannot come here to purport that we are dignifying people, yet we are removing them from their cultural set-up, away from what they can access for their cultural dignity, to bring them to a contemporary modern understanding of what dignity is all about. When I speak about dignity, I will be very excited as a Member of Parliament – specifically as a woman leader who has served in Kiambu County and understands it very well – if I hear that we are dignifying the people of ‘Rwamburi’ Slums in Kikuyu Constituency where the Leader of the Majority Party comes from. I will be very happy to hear that we are giving everyone living in Rwamburi Slums…"}