{"id":832896,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/832896/?format=json","text_counter":334,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Malalah","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13195,"legal_name":"Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah","slug":"cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to support this Motion, not because I am a former MCA, but because I recognize and appreciate that the former councillors laid a foundation on which we are building devolution. It is important to remember that these former councillors were not as illiterate as we stereotypically think of them. I wish to remind you, with a lot of concern, that once a councillor was elected, they used to elect a mayor. Therefore, the mayors, for example, of the cities of Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa were councillors. They performed their duties diligently and we saw development in the deepest parts of our villages."}