GET /api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401751/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"id": 401751,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401751/?format=api",
"text_counter": 205,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": {
"id": 447,
"legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
"slug": "john-lonyangapuo"
},
"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I stand to second this Motion, I would like to remind my colleague that I am the Senator for West Pokot County and not Pokot County. This Motion has come at a time when there is a lot of soul searching and many regulations are being crafted to check the spiraling insecurity in Kenya. The most recent that we witnessed was the Westgate Mall terror attack. This was very recent and it caught very many people unaware while doing their own businesses. Some people had gone to buy things while others had gone to sell in Westgate Mall. Others thought the security apparatus were on top of things. When people ask for permission for citizens to arm themselves, this brings about queries to the extent that one wonders what is happening. We are calling upon Senators to deliberate upon this Motion, cautiously and carefully. We want Kenyans to follow what we are up to. In 1963 when we got Independence, the country was safer than it is today. We have listened to harrowing testimonies from Kiambu and Murang’a counties. Last year, I had a function at Kirinyaga County when I was the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Works. I realised that people would wake up very early to drive on the road. If you asked them where they were going, they would say to the safer areas of Nairobi. They left behind very well built homes in central Kenya. Kiambu and Kajiado counties which 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"
}