{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152665","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152663","results":[{"id":1544832,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544832/?format=json","text_counter":465,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Maanzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13589,"legal_name":"Maanzo Daniel Kitonga","slug":"maanzo-daniel-kitonga"},"content":"The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1544833,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544833/?format=json","text_counter":466,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Maanzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13589,"legal_name":"Maanzo Daniel Kitonga","slug":"maanzo-daniel-kitonga"},"content":"accompanied by police officers who are armed, and who had gone to plan an event which the President was attending, got abducted. This is a very serious issue. To date, they have not been found either by the armed forces or the police. That means if a chief who is well secured in an area in the north eastern can be abducted, then any Kenyan in Kenya, can easily be abducted and find themselves outside their jurisdiction. This is a very important Statement. We should do our level best as a House to make sure, first and foremost, these chiefs are found alive and safe, and to make sure that Kenyans are safe in the country. The biggest responsibility goes to the President, the Defense Forces and the Minister in charge of Interior and National Administration. Every effort should have been made by now to make sure they are back. However, abductions are not a new thing in the country. We have battled with quite a number recently. We had an MCA who was abducted eight months ago and was released recently. The circumstances have not yet been explained. Even our own Sen. Okiya Omtatah had a huge squad at his house, ready to abduct him one of the evenings, but luckily, he had left the place. Therefore, anyone of us can be in trouble. The final one is the one by Sen. Kavindu Muthama concerning the farmers cooperative SACCO, where land is being stolen right, left, and centre, and even where there is a dam called Mwongo. I had an opportunity to visit with my sister, Sen. Kavindu, and I realized, for those who are about to be compensated, those parcels of land have been interchanged with others. The Government is about to compensate the residents so that they can have a huge dam. However, scrupulous people have exchanged the plot numbers and want to benefit while the real owners go away without benefit. This House needs to rein in hard on that, so that justice is done to the people. I thank you and support."},{"id":1544834,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544834/?format=json","text_counter":467,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Boni, please, proceed."},{"id":1544835,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544835/?format=json","text_counter":468,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to join the Senator of Nyandarua County, the family of Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, his friends and relatives in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his passing on. As I do so, I would like to affirm that we have a unique opportunity as Government to refuse a repeat of what led to the death of JM Kariuki. The best way to do it is to end the culture of abductions and extrajudicial killings because it was in exactly the same manner that Josiah Mwangi Kariuki was picked from Hilton Hotel, went and met his death in Ngong Forest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House should be a part of the pain the family went through, because we brought shame. It is in this House that the then Vice-President announced that J.M. Kariuki was alive and had gone to Zambia. It is also in this House that the Commission of Inquiry was ordered by the then-President that they expunge the names of the people who had killed JM Kariuki. Mr. Speaker, Sir, borrowing a leaf from what has happened in the United States of America, in reference to the truth surrounding the killing of John F. Kennedy, has now come out clearly, we have an opportunity now for the truth to come out about these senior officers in Government who killed Josiah Mwangi Kariuki."},{"id":1544836,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544836/?format=json","text_counter":469,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1544837,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544837/?format=json","text_counter":470,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good we guide Sen. Methu to see what we can do so that we push for this truth to come to light. Integrity is everything. I know, not many might know, but a Member of the Cabinet, Henry Pius Masinde Muliro, former Member of Parliament (MP) of Kitale East Constituency, quit his job as a minister because he said he could not sit in a Government that the probe had indicated had a part in the killing of Josiah Mwangi Kariuki. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my second comment is on the matter raised by Sen. Onyonka about the position of mathematics in our new education system. I would like to appeal to us, politicians and the rest of the Kenyans that this matter must be left to professionals. Those of you who are old enough know that in our “O” and “A” level system of education, Mathematics was mandatory for all of us from primary up to the end of “O” level in the fourth year in secondary school. However, when we were specializing at “A” level, there was no need for us to be given further Mathematics, unless you are pursuing a pathway that was scientific. Therefore, I would like to support those people who are thinking that at senior secondary, it might not be necessary to teach people Mathematics. Let Mathematics be taught up to and including junior secondary. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my last comment is on the Statement sought by Sen. Onyonka. He has raised the issue of drug trafficking, and in particular, the unfortunate incident of the arrest of Margaret Nduta."},{"id":1544838,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544838/?format=json","text_counter":471,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Speaker (Hon Kingi) left Chair]"},{"id":1544839,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544839/?format=json","text_counter":472,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Temporary Speaker (Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi) in the Chair]"},{"id":1544840,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544840/?format=json","text_counter":473,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"Let us be careful, Kenyans. Following what is going on social media, as we fight for the human rights of this young lady, we run the risk of glorifying drug trafficking. Even as we call for fairness in the handling of the matter of Nduta, we must teach our children that there is no profession to be admired in the dark world of drug trafficking. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a shame that some of the people who end up being arrested in Singapore, Dubai and other international airports, are able to start their journey with those drugs from here at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). It means our system at this airport is rotten and corrupt, and the officers responsible are incompetent. We cannot have a country that is going to be profiled internationally as a country of drug traffickers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was seated on that chair, when Prof. George Saitoti was standing here, and he read to this country the top 10 drug traffickers in this country. They are on record. Some of them are in the Government and others are very loud in the opposition. The drug traffickers were named. Some say that it is after George Saitoti had chosen to take them on that, that he lost his life. Thank you."},{"id":1544841,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1544841/?format=json","text_counter":474,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi): Sen. Gloria, please proceed."}]}