Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 440082,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/440082/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 158,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
        "slug": "nicholas-gumbo"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I want to say that I fully respect the right of the hon. Kimani Ichung’wah to raise the issues in the manner he has done. I only have two points of concern with the way he has brought the party to the House. One, in my view, unless of course, hon. Ichung’wah came to this House through a different way, I have heard him referring to villagers. I do not know what he means by villagers because our Constitution is very clear under Article 1, that the sovereign authority belongs to the people of Kenya, and shall be exercised only in accordance with the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, would I be in order, perhaps, to ask hon. Ichung’wah, if in his context, in the way he has canvassed this issues, those villagers are not the people of Kenya as contemplated by Article 1 of the Constitution. Secondly, much as the issues he has raised are serious and concern the way we conduct matters in this House, I think there is no reason whatsoever to depart from the rules, customs and traditions of this House. The rules and the traditions of this House are very clear; you cannot discuss the conduct of a Member, unless you bring a substantive Motion to this House."
}