{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139253","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139251","results":[{"id":1408931,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408931/?format=json","text_counter":59,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Wamboka you have about two minutes to go. However, I will exercise my discretion and add you five minutes."},{"id":1408932,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408932/?format=json","text_counter":60,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Bumula, DAP-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanami Wamboka","speaker":null,"content":" Now that I do not have the time, I want Hon. Members to read this. The Cabinet Secretary committed a crime. It is also clear that Hon. Mithika Linturi intended to commit a crime. He also tried to cover up this crime. According to the law, the Cabinet Secretary has no authority to shut down a factory. That is not part of his mandate. We see a rogue Cabinet Secretary going to KELS Chemical Limited Company and trying to close down the factory. All these led to a cover-up by Hon. Mithika Linturi. Therefore, I am asking Members of this House and those of goodwill to find it fit that the President dismisses Hon. Mithika Linturi from office. The consequences of his actions will result in a food shortage. We support the President's good intentions to ensure food security in Kenya. However, despite the President's good intentions, the Cabinet Secretary cannot implement the vision of his appointing authority. This House should recommend to the President that Hon. Mithika Linturi must vacate office."},{"id":1408933,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408933/?format=json","text_counter":61,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Bumula, DAP-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanami Wamboka","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Mithika Linturi is involved in various active cases in court as indicated and tabled in the annexures here. This means he has no time to concentrate on his work as he moves from court to court. Under Chapter Six of our Constitution, he is not fit to hold any office in Kenya, not even a junior officer of a messenger. I plead with my colleagues to uphold the integrity of this House. We should go back to the days when Parliament was for the people by the people. I urge Members to support this Motion so that the farmers in Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, Nandi, Meru, Kiambu, and across the country can have a reprieve. I rely heavily on the goodwill of this House to make the right decision. I also leave this moral question to the House. It is not about politics, but about doing what is right. I can look straight in the eyes of these Members and tell them that this Motion is not about party lines or being whipped. It is about standing with the wananchi—Cherotich, Nekesa and Wambui—who are small-scale farmers. These are the people who cannot afford to buy fertiliser. Their only mistake is to trust that the Government, NCPB which is a government agency, and the President of the Republic of Kenya cannot give them a raw deal. They purchase fertiliser from NCPB which is a national government agency, but it turns out that they have purchased sand and rocks. This is a moral question. I do not know how anyone in his sound mind can side with such a rogue Cabinet Secretary. Hon. Speaker, I submit."},{"id":1408934,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408934/?format=json","text_counter":62,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Wamboka, who is seconding your Motion? You should say, ‘I beg to move’ but not ‘to submit’."},{"id":1408935,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408935/?format=json","text_counter":63,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Bumula, DAP-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanami Wamboka","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I beg to move. Hon. Sarah was to second the Motion but she is a bit late. I ask Hon. Kibagendi to second."},{"id":1408936,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408936/?format=json","text_counter":64,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kitutu Chache South, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Antoney Kibagendi","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I rise to second this Motion. As the Member for Bumula has said, this is not only a political issue but also a moral one. Sometimes, in this House, we get to levels where we compete on political affiliations. However, on this particular matter—where the Cabinet Secretary is genuinely and criminally involved in denying Kenyans their right and opportunity to produce and ensure that we have food security in this country— it is prudent and necessary that we take and deal with it as a moral issue. We need to demonstrate to Kenyans that, as a House, we can also stand with them. This is not a political but a moral issue. Hon. Speaker, I support the Motion. Thank you."},{"id":1408937,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408937/?format=json","text_counter":65,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kitutu Chache South, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Antoney Kibagendi","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1408938,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408938/?format=json","text_counter":66,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Loud consultations)"},{"id":1408939,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408939/?format=json","text_counter":67,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Several Members were upstanding)"},{"id":1408940,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408940/?format=json","text_counter":68,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Order, Hon. Members. Members who are on their feet, take your seats."}]}