Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 499255,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/499255/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 122,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. K orir",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
        "slug": "wesley-kipchumba-korir"
    },
    "content": "I want to bring an amendment to make sure that before a natural resource is extracted--- Things should be the way we were dealing with the Mining Bill, namely that 30 per cent of the mining resources should go to the people around its location. How are we going to make sure that when water is tapped from your area people who benefit from that water, first are the ones in the locality? It would be unfortunate that you take away water from people who are dying from waterborne diseases. That is what we need to take care of; we need to be very sure that this Bill takes cares of that. We also have to make sure that we have a constituency water board. I have seen here that the Bill talks about a regional water board, but we need a constituency water board, so that it can take care of the collection of revenue at the constituency level. The money collected by those people - some of it is collected every month - can go to regional offices of the national Government, and some of it should remain where the water comes from. Those people are the ones paying for the water; so, they should also get some benefit in form of the water. I support this Bill and look forward to bringing some amendments to make sure that the people around where water comes from are the first ones to benefit from it before it goes out to other people. Thank you."
}