Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 668027,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/668027/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 238,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2065,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
        "slug": "ferdinard-kevin-wanyonyi"
    },
    "content": "gatherings. During such gatherings, we would talk freely and come up with resolutions to either boycott classes or start throwing stones. That was part of Kamukunji resolutions. Therefore, Kamukunji grounds are synonymous with bringing people together to share ideas with the aim of coming up with a way forward regarding problems affecting the people. I want to thank my colleague for coming up with this Motion, so that we can protect and respect the area of Kamukunji. About a month ago, I attended a rally which was held at Kamukunji Grounds with CORD principals. The place is of great concern. I also remember the first Saba Saba rally. I was a student and I witnessed great leaders like Matiba, the late Shikuku, James Orengo, Masinde Muliro and the late Vice-President, Hon. Kijana Wamalwa, who gathered there with a purpose. We joined them as students and we came up with ideas. That is how we came up with multiparty democracy in this country. It is important for us to protect that area. It has been forgotten and neglected. My last visit to the grounds was about two months ago when I was with my principals in CORD. I felt sorry. That is one of the areas that are synonymous with what we are doing. As the Member for Roysambu has mentioned, there are so many professional land grabbers in this country. If we do not protect Kamukunji Grounds, people will very soon move from Shauri Moyo and put up kiosks there. I saw something like that happening. I know that Hon. Yusuf has also seen it happening. I saw a wall being erected in the area. Where is the Nairobi County Government? With the passage of this Motion, I hope something will be done immediately. I am in the Committee on Implementation and I want to assure Hon. Hassan that as soon as this is done, this matter will top my Committee’s list of implementation. I remember great leaders of this country suffering from tear gas on the grounds. They were clobbered as they left Kamukunji Grounds. This Motion is important. Apart from this, we also want to respect our fallen heroes and come up with a list of people who struggled for this country’s Independence. We should erect some statues there and protect them. When I went to India the other day, of course not as a tourist, I managed to get to a place with its statues and a few other things for the future generation to read about what happened many years ago."
}