{"id":89750,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/89750/?format=json","text_counter":20,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Musyoka","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":191,"legal_name":"Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki","slug":"gideon-ndambuki"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House on the hardcore business. The hon. Member for Chepalungu has been in this House for a very long time and he knows that I would be the last person to mislead him and through him, the people of Chepalungu. On the definition of hardcore criminal, I have actually listed a long litany of offences under the Penal Code which if one is convicted of one of the offences, qualifies to be a hardcore criminal. The people who have been released under the presidential pardon are not in that category. I had occasion to also point out that the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has since accepted our position that the use of the word “hardcore” is misleading. On behalf of that Ministry and on behalf of the Government, I have to apologize to this House."}