{"id":258175,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/258175/?format=json","text_counter":450,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kenyatta","speaker_title":"The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":168,"legal_name":"Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta"},"content":" Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do also apologize for becoming passionate as Mr. Imanyara was saying on this particular issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure you are aware that people have tried to turn this into a personal issue as opposed to an issue that is affecting millions of Kenyans and requires a solution. As I was saying, this is an issue that I am more than willing to engage this House in. All I said is that I am not going to engage an individual but I will engage the House through the relevant committees. I believe if I did that from day one, I believe that today or yesterday, we would have had a Finance Bill. We would have approved it because we would have been able to critically---"}