Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 423575,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/423575/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 365,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
        "slug": "bonny-khalwale"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to appeal to our youth both in our learning institutions and the ones who have already entered employment, but still in that bracket. When you look at the profiles of all these heroes that many people have spoken about, at no time do you see any of them coming out to struggle in the second liberation in the name of their tribes. Indeed, those who lost their lives did not do it in the name of their tribes, but for all of us. Those who lost their limbs and were detained did it for all of us. So, I want to appeal to our youth that this is the time for them to cut the chains and the short leashes that shackle them today in the name of tribalism. That does not in any way help us in building a cohesive Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to remind Members that this matter, if dissected in respect of the late Dr. Robert Ouko, is still haunting this Parliament today. The honorable Eric Gor Sungu was the Chairman of a Committee that was looking into this matter, and because of the transactions of that Committee, Gor Sungu has been fined Kshs9 million because he was discharging his duties as the Chair of a Committee. So, it is important for you to see that the unfairness has started now expanding from the primary culprits to people like Gor Sungu. Allow me, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, to appeal to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PARLSCOM) that this Kshs9 million bill of the former Member of Parliament, Gor Sungu, which he incurred when he was doing transactions in the name of Parliament when he was chairing the Committee – that PARLSCOM should take up that bill. He has no other reason other than to hustle around in order to earn a living. Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I want to end this by reminding our youth about- -- Finally, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, as I end this, I would like to celebrate Matiba; Matiba had one slogan, he said “ Kuga na gwika.” This is the time, in our vote, to remember the meaning of “Kuga na gwika.” But do it as you mean it and as you say it. So, today, let us do it as we mean it and as we say it. That is in my mother tongue."
}