{"id":375597,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/375597/?format=json","text_counter":273,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, protect me. I want my colleagues to listen to me for a minute. The Kenya National Assembly has three fundamental functions under the Constitution. One of them is to represent the people who elected us to this House. The second one is to oversee the Executive. More fundamentally, it is the mandate of Members of Parliament to legislate."}