{"id":781016,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/781016/?format=json","text_counter":209,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Wakhungu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1889,"legal_name":"Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu","slug":"chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"},"content":"The Leader of the Minority Party went through memory lane. The GDP of this country during the KANU days was at a negative rate. When President Kibaki came to power, he introduced something called the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) where the GDP became positive two. It went up to 8 per cent. Because of that post-election violence, we went down. We do not want this country to go down. Elections come and go. I was at the airport to welcome His Excellency Raila Amollo Odinga when he was coming from abroad. I saw teargas. I almost died The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}