Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 671568,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/671568/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 78,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
        "slug": "george-khaniri"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to put this matter very straight and very clear. If Sen. Kagwe cared to listen to me, he would have heard what I wanted to say. It is true that the Statement is ready. It has been ready since 23rd June, 2016. I have the Statement here that is duly signed. When the Statement came to this House, it came through the Chair. In the Vice-chairperson’s wisdom, the Statement was okay. He was going to read. We can still read it. However, the Senator for Nairobi sought six issues in his Statement. After meeting this morning as the Standing Committee on Land and Natural Resources, we assessed this Statement and the responses to the six questions that were sought by the Senator. In the opinion of the Committee, questions No. 1 and 2 were not adequately answered. They did not have satisfactory answers. Here is a situation where the Senator is asking for specific names and national identity cards. We are referring him to another department of the Government; the Kenya Railways yet as a Committee, we should be able to get these names of the beneficiaries for him. Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator wanted to know the directors of companies. That is, if there were any companies that were compensated. We are referring him to the Registrar of companies. As a committee we thought we are not doing justice to those two particular questions. Instead of answering questions No. 3, 4, 5 and 6, if we are given one week, we can provide this comprehensive information that the Senator wanted. That was the gist of his question. I assure the House that the answer is ready and it has been ready from 23rd June. The Vice-Chairperson was ready to read the answer last week on Thursday. However, after looking at it as a committee, we could do better than what the chairperson was going to present to this House. We seek your indulgence. However, if the House so wishes, we can still issue this Statement without the names. We will send the Senator to the Kenya Revenue Authority to get the names of the beneficiaries."
}