{"id":165834,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/165834/?format=json","text_counter":432,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o","speaker_title":"The Minister for Medical Services","speaker":{"id":193,"legal_name":"Peter Anyang' Nyong'o","slug":"peter-nyongo"},"content":" On a point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was standing on a point of order. I want to underscore a statement you made that we need to respect each other in this House. I was away from this country from 10th January, 2009 up to 5th February, 2009. While I was a way a letter was circulated in this House and internationally purporting to have been written by me on 13th January, 2009 in Nairobi, while I was in Havana, Cuba. It was purported to be a memorandum from me to the Prime Minister to the effect that we had discussed the matter of the maize scandal and I was making certain recommendations. The letter was a forgery, was totally false, a mockery, completely silly and I have explained to the public where it might have come from. I would like to tell hon. Members that anybody who received that letter should treat it with the contempt it deserves."}