Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 758829,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/758829/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 82,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
    "speaker_title": "The Nominated Member",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13172,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
        "slug": "godfrey-osotsi"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Before I do so, I would like to make my maiden speech. First, I want to thank my party, the Amani National Congress (ANC), and my party leader who is a senior citizen of this country, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, for nominating me to represent the party in this Parliament. It is a great honour to me and to the party. I have been the Secretary-General of the ANC for more than three years. One of the things that this Parliament is constitutionally mandated to do under Article 94(4) is to protect the Constitution and promote democratic governance of this country. One important institution that will require a lot of support from this House is political parties. We need to strengthen our political parties by putting in place policies and structures to make political parties stronger. It is the political parties that provide the leaders who come to this House. Through my experience, I will make positive contribution in this area. Secondly, we have political challenges in this country in terms of the issues of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). This House, being the supreme body in this country, must rise to the occasion. Let us put aside our political differences of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and Jubilee and do the right thing for this country. Today, you are on the other side, tomorrow you will also be on our side. I am asking our brothers from the Jubilee side to please listen so that we can have credible and free elections and not just elections. That is very important because as I said, Article 94(4) of the Constitution says: “Parliament shall protect this Constitution and promote democratic governance of the Republic.” Thirdly, the President of this country is for all of us. He is not a President for a section of this country. Our Constitution under Article 131 is very clear that the President must promote the unity of the nation. Through his statements and actions, we do not see that. We would like to ask President Uhuru Kenyatta to please promote the unity of the country through his actions and utterances. Coming back to the Motion, the individuals who have been listed here are youthful, energetic and competent. Particularly, the people of Luanda where I come from have been honoured through the nomination of Hon. Chris Omulele. We are happy about that. I am very confident that Hon. Chris Omulele will offer this House the leadership it requires. I beg to support the Motion."
}