Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 529240,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/529240/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 174,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
        "slug": "stephen-kipyego-sang"
    },
    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise from the outset, to support and thank the President, His Excellency the President for his unprecedented move of accepting that this is a country governed by the rule of law. When the ICC requested the President to appear on the status conference, many people imagined that he would not appear. There was a lot of anxiety in this country and many people thought that the President would not appear before the ICC. Without discussing the issues before the ICC, in accordance with your guidance, Kenyans saw the process that took our people to the ICC since the post election violence and the formation of the Waki Commission that went around this country. We know the report that was produced by the Commission. We know the steps that the Commission recommended in its report. We are also aware of the attempts by this country to establish local mechanisms to deal with the post election violence of 2007/2008. We all understand the difficulties, challenges and the issues that led us to the ICC. We have also seen the processes being carried out at the ICC and whether investigations were done properly. We have seen the pre-trial process and the confirmation of charges all the way up to where we are now. We started with six Kenyans but now we have three Kenyans at the ICC. Kenyans have seen some of the greatest challenges that the ICC has gone through. Kenyans have seen some of the loopholes and issues that we think the ICC court, considering its stature, should have done. An international court of the ICC stature should have done better. We appreciate the fact that when the President and the Deputy President were seeking the mandate to run this country, they made commitments that the cases facing them at the ICC were personal challenges and they would handle them at a personal level and not drag the entire country into the whole process. It was a great relief to note that the President lived to that promise. Sitting down in the Joint Session of Parliament and listening to the President all the way to the conclusion of his Speech, in his own words he made it clear that he did not want a situation where The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}