{"id":883135,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/883135/?format=json","text_counter":375,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Wajir East, WDM-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Rashid Kassim","speaker":{"id":13504,"legal_name":"Rashid Kassim Amin","slug":"rashid-kassim-amin-2"},"content":"This project was not envisaged with a rational mind. It was thought as the best option to develop a wall or fence so as to stop movement and survey the border. Was this the best rational approach to this issue? As far as I am concerned, this was not right. It was a rushed decision by the Government of Kenya to make a huge investment into this border project. Looking at the ecosystem between Kenya and Somalia, where is Al Shabaab ? Al Shabaab is equally affecting Somalia as well as Kenya. Therefore, building a wall between Mandera Border Post One up to Kiunga is that the best rational decision? No!"}