{"id":756347,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/756347/?format=json","text_counter":144,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Haji Farhiya Ali","speaker_title":"Nominated Senator","speaker":{"id":13179,"legal_name":"Farhiya Ali Haji","slug":"farhiya-ali-haji"},"content":" Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This being my maiden speech, I wish to congratulate you for such an emphatic win to be the Speaker of this honourable House. I also wish to congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki for being elected as your deputy. Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki was my sister’s professor and so, I also know him because of that. This is a very important process because just like everybody else has said, we have an important role in this country to ensure that counties deliver and are also accountable to their people. I support this Motion but I also have a small request. Since some of us are new in the Senate, could somebody take us through the schedule so that we own this process when passing this Motion? However, I appreciate that it is important for us to expedite this process so that people in the counties can get services. Thank you."}