Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 473322,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/473322/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 285,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
        "slug": "nicholas-gumbo"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. Although from the outset, I must say I am supporting the Bill, at the Committee Stage, I will be proposing a plethora of amendments. Let me start, of course, by thanking my good friend, hon. (Ms.) Amina Abdalla, for the very eloquent manner she has taken us through the Bill. In my view, this Bill has come at the right time. But as we embark on enacting this law, I think we must see it as an opportunity for us to depart from the comforts of routines that have really slowed down the progress of our country. As I see it, the biggest problem in our country with regard to exploitation of natural resources has been the very opaque manner in which we have gone about doing it. If there is stark irony in our country today, it is to be found in an area where we are exploiting natural resources. These are the places where you see extreme poverty co- existing side by side with extreme abundance and it does not matter where it is you are looking at; whether it is Macalda in Migori County or Wasugu in Siaya County, Ramba in Rarieda, where I come from, Ikolomani in Kakamega County or Taita Taveta. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}