GET /api/v0.1/hansard/entries/52292/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"id": 52292,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/52292/?format=api",
"text_counter": 241,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
"speaker": {
"id": 47,
"legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
"slug": "mutula-kilonzo"
},
"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in efforts to remedy our electoral system, we have attempted several initiatives, stemming from the re-introduction of multi-party democracy in or around 1991. Though we allowed for many political parties by amending Section 2A of the retired Constitution, our electoral management did not advance even an inch in sophistication as required by a modern democracy. After that, in 1997, through the Inter- Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG) - and I am happy my brother, hon. Dalmas Otieno is here because he was one of the architects of IPPG - we tried to clarify the functions of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). We further attempted to expand ECK by incorporating representatives of political parties. Those quick fixes never addressed the underlying problem â that is to say a proper institutional framework. In fact, towards the 2007 elections, it will be recalled that a huge segment of the country was insisting that no single person, however powerful, or institution should appoint the retiring commissioners. That advice was ignored at our enormous price."
}