Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 865486,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/865486/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 66,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
        "slug": "dullo-fatuma-adan"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. For a good reason known to me, I will avoid that route though it is a matter that we need to revisit. Pending bills is a matter that is affecting the whole country and this Senate needs to take it seriously. The last time we revisited the issue of pending bills, the total amount of the whole country‟s pending bills was over Kshs900 billion. I, therefore, think that this is serious and the House of the Senate needs to do something about it. In Isiolo County, after elections, the pending bills amounted to over Kshs200 million. The last time the Governor of Isiolo County appeared before the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment, he said that the pending bills were Kshs97 million and that figure has changed over the months. It looks like we do not have correct figures in terms of pending bills in the counties. Members of the public have delivered services to those counties and I do not see the reason as to why most of them are reduced to poverty today to a point where they cannot get credit from the banks. This is a serious matter and the Senate needs to deliberate on it and get a way forward. The issue of pending bills is brought about by the fact that counties get into supplementary budget without looking at the initial budget for they are ---"
}