{"id":953752,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953752/?format=json","text_counter":115,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13156,"legal_name":"Mutula Kilonzo Jnr","slug":"mutula-kilonzo-jnr"},"content":"When Hon. Sang was a Senator, we visited the Talai Clan, a small clan in Nandi County that Koitalel Arap Samoei came from. It is a very small clan among the Nandi. However, for some strange reason, they are treated as outsiders yet the clan produced a soldier. You would imagine that you would go to a museum in Nandi County and find Koitalel’s writings or something that he did. I am glad that the Senate Majority Leader has identified scientific research as part of the recognition. I took time to visit the British Library. When you go there, there is a statue of somebody bending with a compass. His name is Sir Isaac Newton. When I went to the library, I saw his writings. I also saw handwritten works of Shakespeare, the original Bible and the 1215 Treaty that is written on a scroll and placed in a vault. In my visit to the State of Maryland, I found the resignation letter of George Washington, from a soldier to a civilian, before he was installed as the first President of America. The letter is in a nice little box in the Assembly of Maryland. I was told that the handwritten letter with its amendments was bought by the Government for US$1 million. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}