{"id":814437,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/814437/?format=json","text_counter":44,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"More shocking, Shakespeare once said that if you had kept your mouth shut, one would have thought you were clever. When a representative of the people stands in the National Assembly and says: “This House should abolish the Senate” it tells us a lot about the content and quality of some of our colleagues. This is a serious matter. If hon. Senators do not speak for themselves, nobody will. Idi Amin was once asked by a British journalist: “Mr. President, why do you like blowing your own trumpet? He said: “It is mine. Who do you expect to blow it?”This Senate must defend itself. Let me finish because I know this is a matter of tremendous interests and other hon. Members also want to speak. Mwalimu Nyerere once said- “Mbweha alikuwa anakunywa maji upande mmoja wa mto ambapo maji yalikuwa yanatoka na Kondoo akikunywa maji upande mwingine ambako maji yalikuwa yanaenda. Mbweha akamuuliza Kondoo; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}