Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 722233,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/722233/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 216,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
        "slug": "bonny-khalwale"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I could not agree more with the Senator for Nandi County. In a case like Chemelil Sugar Company, when the conditional grant will be released, then the shareholding of Chemelil Company should be domiciled between the two county governments of Kisumu and Nandi unless Nandi County would wish to put up its own factory. I urge the Members of this House to support this just in the same spirit we supported a few counties to be given money for the construction of county headquarters. Speaking to the issue of abuse of funds, I assure governors that we will continue to pursue them. The sad case of Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega compares and contrasts with what obtains in Meru and Bomet counties. Gov. Isaac Rutto and Gov. Peter Munya have successfully spent Kshs350million and Kshs330million to renovate their stadiums and the stadia are in use. However, in Kakamega County, the guy is putting up a stadium for Kshs1.2billion and before the work is done halfway, the stadium has collapsed. We are in problems in Kakamega County. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to speak to the global allocations. We, the Members of the Senate, are being shortchanged by the National Assembly. How I wish the Constitution had been structured so that the Senate has a role in actually interrogating the entire budget as presented by the National Treasury. If you look at Table No.1, you will find that the National Government wants to set aside Kshs79,685,000,000 for national interest(security). If some of us were to interrogate the budget, we would refuse that this money should go elsewhere because inside this budget, there is a hidden whooping Kshs43 billion where the National Government wants to pay all the three communication companies of North Carolina in the United States of America (USA) for the purchase of armored aircrafts. The actual cost of that particular contract is only Kshs23 billion. The other Kshs20 billion is in doubt---"
}