Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1506771,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1506771/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 275,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We all know when the Church and the State work together, there is development. But when we start calling each other names, things do not work the way they are supposed to. We were in Naivasha last week and I was quoted in the papers that I stated some words. And in all the media houses the entire following morning, the talk was what Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a had talked about allowances. That is not true! But according to the people who listened to the media, they believed whatever that was said is correct. As for what is going on with the churches, I feel very bad and especially when we are told not to go and give in the churches. I am a believer; I believe in God; and I believe in Jesus Christ. Luke 6.38 says: “You give and it will be given to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” So, as a human being, a church-goer and as a believer in Jesus Christ, if I am told not to give in church, it means I am being curtailed in whatever I believe in. And that is not fair. Let the person who wants to give, give. We have been giving ever since we were young children and until today, we are still giving. It is not right now that we are to be told that we cannot give. Members of Parliament have families. We have homes. We have values and we have morals. So, we should not be told that we cannot give in church and participate because of something that happened on the Floor of the House. Here, we are doing what we are elected to do - to pass laws. Whether the laws favour a person or people are happy or unhappy with them, it is not in their position to tell me that I should not go to church. It is wrong to tell Members of Parliament that they should not visit the churches. Let our God be the only judge, not a human being. The Bible says that cursed is a person who puts their trust in a man. We should all put our trust in God and God alone. We should not believe in the prophecies against Members of Parliament. Let us not believe in those prophesies, but trust in our God and prayers. Let us keep on praying and our God will be the judge at the end of the day. Thank you very much."
}