Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 401791,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401791/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 245,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13119,
        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
        "slug": "agnes-zani"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I look at this Motion as a Motion that is publicizing something that is already being done. We already have a Firearms Act which is very specific. In fact, it goes into definitional issues where it states what are the firearms, what are the rifles, it talks about stun guns, it talks about a licensing officer and the requirements of those licensing officers, as the Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has already stipulated here. So, this is something that is already being done; it is already there. What I am trying to figure out exactly is what we are trying to get out of it. In fact, the way I look at it is that, I look at it as a Motion which is asking us to do the wrong thing because it is right. There is a twist in it because it is asking us to do the wrong thing because it is right. It is a wrong thing. In fact, this is something that we do not need to talk about in public. Here we are talking about people being armed. The other day, we were talking about the issue of small arms. Again, we were discouraging the same thing. However, on the flipside of the argument, you have innocent people who are also being killed. I always wonder about a situation where am attacked in my home and I have children to protect. I think it was just the other day I was sharing with Sen. Haji and saying that if I was being attacked, I would want to fight back and defend my children. I saw the possibility of a stun gun that is less lethal than the actual gun. In short, all Kenyans are looking for possibilities of protecting themselves and their loved ones. But I think we need to ask ourselves a long and very hard question about the way to actually achieve that end. It is about security. It is about ensuring that security is enhanced within the country, but exactly how we go about it, is the problem. We know that in Kenya now, life has been so cheapened that from here to your way home, you are not sure whether you will be finished on the way. You are not very sure whether you will 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"
}