Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 426629,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/426629/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 275,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2644,
        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
        "slug": "john-muriithi-waiganjo"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, a few minutes of my time have been taken. I was going to say that there is pending before court a matter, namely Republic versus Jermaine Grant. Jermaine Grant was charged together with Fuad Abubakar. Fuada Abubakar was granted bail. He skipped bail, ran out of this country and nobody knows where he is. No information was taken back to court to indicate whether he has been arrested or not; these are the same people who are coming back to hit us. Judicial officers should exercise restraint, particularly when they are dealing with Article 49(h) in our Bill of Rights, so that compelling reasons to grant bail become compelling reasons. Perhaps, one of the compelling reasons should be when you are charged with a terrorism-related matter; that alone is a compelling reason; it should keep you in remand until the matter is finalized. Perhaps one of the compelling reasons should be when you are charged with a terrorism-related matter. That should be a compelling reason that should keep you in remand until the matter is finalised. This is because we release them every day, and then they come back to hit at us. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me say that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) did a good job but the other security agencies that were handed over those reports slept on the job. Therefore, some heads must role. The President must do something. Some people must go home. There is no culture of resignation in this country. So, if we are serious with what we want to do, heads must role. There are no two ways about it, if we want to be safe as a country."
}