Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 385105,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/385105/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 118,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
        "slug": "daniel-karaba"
    },
    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to contribute to the Bill in front of us. As I support, from the outset, let me take some time to digress to what might have prompted the Lower House to discuss us last evening. Possibly, this was because of this Bill vis-a-vis who should contribute to it. In the first place, it appears as if majority of the people in the Lower House are competing with Senators. We concluded elections on March 4th and they could not beat the Senators. They are aware that the number of votes we got is, certainly, higher than what they got. Indeed, if you look at Kirinyaga, you will see that I was convincingly voted for by over 220,000 people whereas any other Member of Parliament had less than 20,000 or even 30,000. That could be the reason why they are wondering what we are doing here. They know how they got into the National Assembly. The other issue is that as we sit here and talk, we need to define the laws which are spelt out in the Constitution and see how we can assert ourselves in the counties against a majority of doubting Thomases that we have the power. True to that, if you go to the counties, you will see that governors are treating Senators like second class citizens. That is what they think. They have that notion since they govern the counties. Recently, they employed executive officers. They have county representatives under them. They are supposed to manage billions of shillings that we will endorse here. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}