{"id":349164,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349164/?format=json","text_counter":270,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Lesrima","speaker_title":"Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security","speaker":{"id":178,"legal_name":"Simon Saimanga Lesirma","slug":"simon-lesirma"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want to begin by thanking the people of Samburu West Constituency for electing me for two consecutive terms; giving me the opportunity and experience to perform even better in the coming Senate. I hope I will be there together with hon. Imanyara. I joined Parliament on a KANU ticket in 2002. In fact, I was the only person in KANU. All my supporters were in the rainbow coalition. But for strategic reasons, I joined KANU because we were told there was suspicion that I would be rigged out, if I did not join the party. I moved on to the Grand National Coalition in June, 2004. I joined hon. Kibaki’s Government as an Assistant Minister for National Planning. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2008, I joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). I became an Assistant. My experience is that over the last few years, this coalition has been extremely slow in moving, but Parliament has been strong. But"}