Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 824395,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/824395/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 402,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13370,
        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
        "slug": "samson-ndindi-nyoro"
    },
    "content": "I also rise in pride as I support this Report. Where I come from, the cradle of one of the biggest communities in Kenya, that is Kikuyu, we have led from the front. I come from a county with seven constituencies. Surprisingly, out of the seven constituencies, we have three elected women MPs. Among them, of course, is the Mover of this Report who is serving her second term. I can see Hon. Wamaua is elated because she is from my county, Murang’a. This shows that we are moving to greater heights in terms of the balance between men and women. I schooled in Kenyatta University. When I joined it in the first year, there was a female Vice- Chancellor. Those who know Kenyatta University will tell you that it was more of a desert than a college almost in everything; from academia to landscape. Our VC, when I was in first year, was Prof. Mugenda. She transformed that institution into a leading University that it is in the world now. From her leadership, I can attest that what men can do, women can do better. Hon. Wanyonyi, who is making noise over there with Hon. Passaris, kept on repeating that we have fewer women in the House at this hour. Statistically, it goes without saying that women are a smaller percentage compared to men in this House. Instead of lamenting that we have fewer women in the House, the honourable thing to do is for him to pave way for a woman MP in his constituency. We cannot continue talking about women empowerment from the lips only. We cannot just do lip service as a country. I am happy that there are affirmative funds like the Women Enterprise Development Fund. The youth is also categorised as needing affirmative action. We also have our fund. I think we need not continue grouping…"
}