Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 602926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/602926/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 123,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 366,
        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
        "slug": "amos-wako"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to those of the other Senators who have welcomed various delegations from the county assemblies. Let me just emphasise to them that the success of devolution in this country rests, maybe not so much in the Senate, but primarily on county assemblies more than even the Senate, particularly, over your oversight role. I would like you to play that role vigorously because we do not want corruption to be devolved to county governments. Also, I commend your Senators for their very valuable work in this Senate. The Senator for Kilifi County is the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, playing a very important role in that area. The Senator for Embu County is the Chairperson of the Committee on Land and Natural Resources, which is very important. Only yesterday, we passed one of his very far reaching legislations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Siaya County is here and he is the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation and plays a very important role in this Committee. The Senator of Tharaka-Nithi – I do not have to repeat to you – is like our Prime Minister here, being the Senate Majority Leader. The Senator for Bungoma is a very important Senator and as you know, he is the Senate Minority Leader. The Senator for Meru County, of course, belongs with me in the same class although I do not yet have the title of “King of Luhyas”, he has the title of the “King of Meru” and so on. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senators that you have are very active in this Senate. I would urge you to work very closely with them, so that we bring closer symbiotic relationships between the Senate and county assemblies. Whether you like it or not, you are our younger brothers and sisters. We have to work together for the implementation of our Constitution. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, I have met the Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of all the Committees but we will have a programme in which we shall visit our counterparts at the grassroots to see how they operate. This is so that we can see how we can implement legal issues, the Constitution, issues related to elections, administration of justice and so on. I hope you have learnt something and that you will go back strengthened to serve your counties effectively."
}