Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 87543,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/87543/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 159,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
        "slug": "ephraim-maina"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank the Prime Minister for his Statement on the way forward for the new Constitution. We are getting into the new constitution but as we go changing in this country, I think we must all be very careful that we do not put this country either into a frenzy of political emotions or into a frenzy where issues like security are actually tampered with. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have had members of the Cabinet issuing contradicting statements regarding, for example, the issue of the Provincial Administration. This country had traditional chiefs and some of these structures have come from there. It is not right for this Government to have its own Cabinet Ministers issuing contradictory statements to the provincial administrators, some asking them to ‘pack and go home, while others tell them; ‘you can stay a little bit longer.” What is the Prime Minister and this Government going to do to ensure that this country stands firm, and that when we are changing in the form that we are changing, the traditions and stability of the country are not threatened? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue relates to security. Down there, security is maintained by the two arms of Government; the Provincial Administration and the police. What are we going to do because these institutions have already been put in a state where they are not sure of their future and, consequently, they may not be performing in the manner we expect them to perform? We may not like the police, we may not like the chiefs, but the truth of the matter is that this country cannot do without the services of the provincial administrators for a single day until we put structures in place for other changes that are going to come. We need to give these people the confidence, we need to give our security apparatus the confidence to carry on and make the country remain intact. What are we going to do to ensure that this Government stops issuing contradicting statements to the country regarding this sensitive matter? Two, what are we going to do to ensure that the confidence that is needed for the very sensitive institution of security is restored as we go along?"
}