Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 973751,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/973751/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 299,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
        "slug": "jeremiah-kioni"
    },
    "content": "The amendment also allows any other political party that has qualified to have Members in Parliament to get some funding. We have political parties with 18 Members and others with 100 Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) but they do not get any funding from the national kitty because we only said the party can only benefit from the money if it gets 3 per cent of the total vote, which is a good thing. I know the big boys here will be very happy to continue with that arrangement but it does not grow the political and democratic space. If we do not have more parties out there for persons with special interests like the marginalised, minorities, youth and others, we will not be able to bring them on board but if we allow parties to field them including women, that way we will get them. That is only possible if we fund the political parties. We have political parties that immediately after an election die. An individual cannot sustain a political party through his pocket. This constitutional kitty was meant to benefit our democratic space."
}