Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 400816,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/400816/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 116,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
        "slug": "daniel-karaba"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute towards this Motion on a report which was tabled here yesterday on Energy, Transport and Roads by the Chairman, Sen. Moi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before we adjourned yesterday; at the rise of the House, I was trying to say how important it is that when delegations get out of Kenya to go and study what happens outside, they should then come back and implement what is important out there and discard what is not useful. As far as I am concerned, the delegation from Kenya left, visited South Korea and saw, and now they have tabled a report which we are discussing. It is my hope that after this discussion and as soon as we adopt the report, the Senate should implement what is already contained in the report; and that is the essence of us discussing this report here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was noted that South Korea is a very efficient country and they are able to develop and surpass what was there in the development of Kenya at the inception of Independence in 1963. It has also been noted that South Korea, amongst other South East Asian countries, has come up very well so that we can compare ourselves with them and say that they are ahead of Kenya, even if w were at the same level at one time. It is not only South Korea; it is the south East Asian countries, hence referred to as the Asian Tigers. But when you compare them to Kenya, you find that there must have been reasons why the differences are too striking in a time of 30 years or so. It is also true to note that these two countries have diverse populations; the attitude towards work, particularly in Korea, is that the Koreans are very hardworking people and they devote a lot of their education and teaching especially towards technical education. I was able to remind the delegation that when I was the Chairman in the Ninth Parliament, we also visited Korea and we found that they specialize a lot in the scientific teachings and, more so, using their polytechnics – and the greatest of them all is the Korean Institute of Science and Technology. In that polytechnic, they teach serious nuclear physics and other related sciences that are very rare in Kenya. That is what we 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"
}