Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 462014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/462014/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 239,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1700,
        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
        "slug": "alice-muthoni-wahome"
    },
    "content": "There is a lot we need to do as a House, in respect of our mandate of oversight. We must look further to see where this wastage is going. Hon. Members have not complained. We have been travelling Economy Class. I came back last night on Economy Class. I even managed to catch a few hours of sleep on that seat. I do not see why all State officers and other public officers should not use the same. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a category of public offices who do not understand that this House is the third arm of the Government. If hon. Members have shown the way by opting to travel Economy Class, how have we been allowing other officers of the same category to travel Business Class? Sometimes you will see officers who do not have designations as senior as those of Members of Parliament travelling Business Class. You get embarrassed and wonder whether you are in the same Government with them. All of us are in the same Government. The Legislature is an arm of the Government. I hosted the First Lady in my constituency today. She was a guest of Ndonolione Children’s Home, which hosts children living with mental challenges. During the harvest season, we ask farmers to take a kilo of maize and beans to that home. That is how we feed those children. So, hon. Members can see that these are children who need this kind of money. There is no Government per diem or Government monthly allowance for them. There is no budgetary allocation for children’s homes in most of our constituencies. I am sure that there are such homes across the country, and that hon. Members are always being asked for resources. How have we then continued to allow wastage? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House is waking up. Hon. Jamleck Kamau is just one of the hon. Members who have come in very timely. Therefore, we should support this Motion. We must be very serious in ensuring that it is implemented. We even need to ask the Judicial Service Commissioners for refund."
}