Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 721417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721417/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 45,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
        "slug": "joseph-meruaki-muthari"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Some of the things we are hearing here are very sad. We need to be Kenyans and protect our country. Foreigners come here and misuse our people and our property. They take advantage of us. Even if we may be considered poor, we need our dignity. The role of this House is to restore the dignity of the Kenyan people. We cannot allow an individual like that to occupy 22,000 acres of land. We have Kenyans who are facing starvation and have no food and then a foreigner comes here and just meanders around. He even insults the leadership who are people who have been elected by the electorate. We also have the bulk of governors who do not know what they are doing. They have been given money, but they do not do what they are supposed to do. They cannot protect the people. The money that is devolved at that level cannot be used for irrigation so that people can enjoy life in dignity. With regard to the Petition, it is better for this country to take care of our aged; the gallant sons and daughters of Kenya who have fought in the military and, thereafter, languish in poverty. Even some of the Members who have been in this House go out there and are so helpless after spending their entire lives serving the citizens. They need to be considered. It is a very sad state of affairs if our country cannot protect the aged and the people who have served this country."
}