Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 219480,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/219480/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 308,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sungu",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 324,
        "legal_name": "Gor Eric Sungu",
        "slug": "gor-sungu"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I mean street children. These days, more often than not, you will find that the children in the streets are those without parents. Therefore, the question of housing, their security and even what they eat is important. That is what the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) address. I think this Government should focus on the question of ensuring that we look after the helpless people. Therefore, it is important for this Government in its policies, rather than concentrate on hen-pecking Members of Parliament and even very senior people and trying to force things which are unpopular on the people of Kenya, to look at the MDGs and how we can achieve them as a nation, so that we can help our people to survive. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of poverty alleviation has never been given due consideration in this country. We pay lip service. We do not do enough. In my constituency, 67 per cent of the people live below the poverty line. Most of them can barely afford one meal per day. Therefore, we need to empower the less powerful. We need to empower them economically, especially the women and those from poor families. We can never do this alone. Therefore, we also need to promote investment. It is important that when we are doing this, we should never just pay lip-service because the question of investment provides employment. As we are talking now, the Government in power promised over 500,000 jobs a year and that has never been achieved. Therefore, it is important to look at the question of research so that we can maximise production in agriculture and other fields to be able to feed our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Report also talks about the oversight role of May 24, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1637 Parliament. You and I know that the role of Parliament is important in terms of overseeing Government activities. This is a fairly simple Motion. It is calling for the adoption of this Report and I do support it. With those few remarks, I support."
}