{"id":975130,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/975130/?format=json","text_counter":257,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Eng.) Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"At times I have been misunderstood when the youth are branded without any recourse in law and kind of sentenced. One time, I had to personally face a team of inquiry as a Member of Parliament (MP) because I stood firm when about 30 youth died mysteriously. When I faced the inquiry team, I told them that as far as I was concerned, we are in a country where the youth do not have employment, but still we educate more and more. As long as they are not engaged, as a society, we have to tolerate what is happening. The solution is not to brand them the way we do. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have always held and still hold that position to this day because in my community, branding is still there. I think it is in every community. 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."}