{"id":150937,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/150937/?format=json","text_counter":247,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on 27th May, 2009, Ms. Karua, the hon. Member for Gichugu rose on a point of order to seek a Ministerial Statement from me on the circumstances in which 43 people lost their lives in Kirinyaga Central and Ndia Constituency. At the outset, I would like to state that the information which is available indicates that 26 people lost their lives in the larger Kirinyaga District during the month of April and May, 2009. Following a crackdown on Mungiki criminal gangs in Nairobi and Murang’a in the late 2007, the gang members relocated to Kirinyaga and started to levy illegal taxes"}