Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 820493,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/820493/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 207,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kwamboka",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 9246,
        "legal_name": "Beatrice Kwamboka Makori",
        "slug": "beatrice-kwamboka-makori"
    },
    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Report fully. I thank Members of the Committee; starting with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Sakaja, my Senator who never lets Nairobi down, Sen. Kasanga, Sen. Olekina and Sen. (Prof.) Ekal for doing a good job. I thank them for appending their signatures no matter the intimidation and the threats they faced. Kudos to them; I applaud them fully. I got an opportunity to visit the area where the disaster happened. Indeed it was sad. The place where the victims used to call home is no longer home because everything was swept away. A playground is even better because you can find seats. In that area there was completely nothing. It was disastrous. I commend the Committee for observing that the dam had no spillway to drain excess water and there were no licenses for those dams. That is a serious offence because that was a man-made disaster. I disagree with the statement made by owners of the Solai Dam. When they appeared before the Committee, they said that they have been living with the community for their entire lives. My question is: Why did they have to console the victims with money? That is corruption! You cannot compensate people with Kshs100,000 because that is little. If you go there, you will see that the house of Mr. Perry Mansukh is up, the dam is in the middle and villagers stay at the bottom. Why did he not let people stay at the top and the dams to be at a lower level? It is very unfortunate. Nobody is above the law and Mr. Perry Mansukh must carry his cross. They went to Nakuru County telling people that they had no report on the Solai matter. I do not vote for Nakuru but Nairobi but I am concerned and I am in solidary with the Solai victims. It is total shame. If they cannot take the interests of the people who stay close to them, then that is wrong. Those people are voters in Nakuru. The committee that deals with environmental matters should be disbanded by the county assembly. They cannot tell us that they did not have any report concerning the Solai Disaster. Moving on, I fully support the recommendations of the Committee. It is high time that this House came up with an implementation committee to follow up on the 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."
}