Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 49013,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/49013/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 360,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. K. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 172,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kiema Kilonzo",
        "slug": "kiema-kilonzo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, members who came to this Parliament said that they were disturbed because of the Government’s silence and inaction on attacks by Merille people from Ethiopia. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I speak today, I demand that the Government lives up to the spirit and the letter of the new Constitution and stops marginalizing the Turkana people. The recurrent drought and suffering that the Turkana people are undergoing is a result of negligence and complicity in the Turkana situation. Turkana are not alone. The Kamba –I am happy to say that is the region I represent in this Parliament first before I represent the rest of Kenyans – are also marginalized when it comes to allocation of resources by this Government. I represent Mutito Constituency in Parliament where time and again, herdsmen have been able to infiltrate my constituency and some people in my community have been killed. This is the case and yet the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security sits in this House and does nothing else apart from driving big cars and spending money on foreign trips! They do not take into account the interest of the common mwananchi. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we ask the Ethiopian Government to comply with the obligation under the International Humanitarian and Human Rights Laws and bring the militiamen to justice because this is a human rights issue. We demand the removal of the 3,500 Merille people who occupy the 14-kilometre radius of the delta into the Kenyan territory in Todonyang. I belong to the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and I applaud this Committee because it has taken this matter seriously. However, as we do so, the Government, as usual, is playing games. Shame, shame, shame to this Government!"
}