Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 343515,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/343515/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 599,
    "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": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion and the proposal for Mr. Kimaiyo to be the Inspector-General of Police during the new dispensation under the new Constitution. When I saw the list of the people who were being considered for this position, the only person I knew reasonably well was Mr. Kimaiyo. I got to know Mr. Kimaiyo reasonably well during the post-election violence of the year 2008. He was the then Deputy Commissioner of Police. As you know, there were many problems that we faced. I found Mr. Kimaiyo, as my friend Mr. Cheruiyot has said, to be a very amiable gentleman. I always found it easy to pass informtion to Mr. Kimaiyo, and to discuss issues of security with him. I must say Mr. Kimaiyo was always very ready to advice, listen and share in the agony that we, as politicians, were going through then. I, therefore, in retrospect now see that that was baptism by fire for Mr. Kimaiyo. He has now risen to a position that will demand that the manner in which Gen. Tonje professionalized the Army during his tenure, Mr. Kimaiyo too will continue to"
}