Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 329102,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/329102/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 358,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
        "slug": "eugene-wamalwa"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try to be brief. ROLE OF UONGOZI 2102 CAMPAIGN CARAVAN The first Statement is with regard to the request by hon. Kabogo on the role of Uongozi 2012, he do the one for Uongozi 2012 Campaign Caravan. The Member wished to know the role of Uongozi 2012 Campaign Caravan, its funding and the steps that my Ministry is taking to ensure that the electoral process is free from any foreign interference as indicated in the application form to be filled in by the people seeking to be contestants in that initiative. Lastly, he wanted to know the measures that the Government will take to ensure that the IEBC desist from being part of and sponsor of the programme that seeks to influence the electoral process by sponsoring candidates in the forth coming general elections as indicated in the Uongozi website. Uongozi 2012 Campaign Caravan is an initiative of Inuka Kenya Trust. This is a registered Kenyan trust whose mission is to facilitate the consolidation of a Kenyan identity that affirms the individual as an African and global citizen and empowers Kenyans to use information, express their views and importantly take initiative aimed at improving their lives and holding the Government accountable. This is not a Government initiative. So, it is not possible for me to elaborate on their sources of funding. This has been operating like all the other NGOs that are involved in voter education. Kenya is a vibrant and democratic country. The role of the civil society and community based organizations in the socio-political discourse has been instrumental. Quite a number of reforms have come because of such initiatives. These organizations are registered through the various regimes that are provided under the law, namely, the NGO Co-ordination Act, 1990; the Societies Act, the Companies Act and the Trustees Perpetual Succession Act, 1992. These are organizations that are created by the members of the society with the aim of advancing their common interest and, therefore, are not funded by the"
}