Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 914570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/914570/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 237,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 12475,
        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
        "slug": "esther-passaris"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I support the Mediation Committees’s Report. As a new legislator, when I hear that we have differences between the Senate and the National Assembly and they both serve citizens, I feel it is wrong. It is good that we have a mechanism to deal with such. It is a shame that it has lasted from the last Parliament to this Parliament for us to agree on how we should pass the Physical Planning Bill. It is also a shame that it was just a matter of the tittle being either: “ The Physiscal Planning Bill” or “The Land Use Bill.” I think that the process of mediation should be hastened so that we have laws in place. We are legislators and as long as we do not have laws that can govern various aspects of how we manage our land and how we plan our cities… I am the County Woman Representative for Nairobi County. One of the biggest problems that we have is that we have never had good physical planning. Buildings are put up haphazardly. They do not have a layout design. If you go to Europe, you will find that everything is orderly and you will realise the value of making our city be a city to reckon with. All the demolitions we had to pave way for the construction of by- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}