{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160728","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160726","results":[{"id":1625462,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625462/?format=json","text_counter":213,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am well guided. I had already commented on a Statement under Standing Order No.52(1) by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, but it was not intentional. I will proceed to make my comments on Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale's Statement in regards to loss of lives and injuries."},{"id":1625463,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625463/?format=json","text_counter":214,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"A few weeks ago, this was a country of demonstrations. People suffered loss of their businesses. We have seen families saddened and cry for the loss of their loved ones. The Statement by my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, states that the Government should support those families. I agree with him that the Government should offer support to the 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":1625464,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625464/?format=json","text_counter":215,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"families that have lost their loved ones and their properties. However, the culprits or people who organized the goons to do the heinous acts: damage of properties and stealing of goods, should be brought to book."},{"id":1625465,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625465/?format=json","text_counter":216,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Where we are, as a country, because two wrongs do not make a right, it is a high time that the demonstrations are put aside. It is a right for every Kenyan to demonstrate as per Article 37 of the Constitution, but as things stand now, the way to go should be talks and negotiations. With that, solutions will be offered instead of our people going to the streets. It is in that regard that I want to state that because, at the end of the day, this is our country."},{"id":1625466,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625466/?format=json","text_counter":217,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Proceed, Sen. Mumma."},{"id":1625467,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625467/?format=json","text_counter":218,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mumma","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to comment on Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale's Statement. The issue of exercising the freedom in Article 37 of our Constitution is getting out of hand. The exchanges we have make it look as if demonstration is a matter of the police versus the people."},{"id":1625468,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625468/?format=json","text_counter":219,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mumma","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Article 37 of the Constitution is an important right that is supposed to be supported by all. It was intended to facilitate peaceful movement of people protesting an issue. Those people are to be unarmed and are to be supported in terms of security by the police to take their petitions to wherever they want to take those petitions. What happened on 25th June and 7th July is a terrifying issue. We saw excesses by the police, but we also saw excesses by the ordinary people. I am glad Sen. (Dr.) Murango put it well that this is not a matter of who is supporting the Government and who is not supporting the Government. Everybody, from both aisles or from whatever political persuasion you come from, should see the wrong in excessive use of forces by the police. We should also be able to see the wrong in the incitement and arming of young people and getting them to destroy property. So, whoever organized goons, from whatever political persuasion they came from, is wrong to have done what they did. We, as a House, need to hopefully get back the country to understand that there is a right in Article 37 of the Constitution. However, all those who are involved, the police and the demonstrators, should also know that they have individual rights with none being more superior to the other. We have to move to a level where we respect this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is my hope that the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations will look at this issue objectively. I also hope that they will help us, as a country, to call out those who fell short of the standard, regardless of whether they belong to Government or not. I pray that this will help us to bounce back on the track of what was intended when we, as the people of Kenya, put Article 37 within the Constitution. Allow me to also support the Statement by Sen. Faki. It is my view that our local carrier has become so expensive that instead of buying a Kenya Airways ticket to Mombasa or Kisumu, you might as well buy a ticket from another airline to go to Uganda or West Africa."},{"id":1625469,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625469/?format=json","text_counter":220,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Kisang. 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":1625470,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625470/?format=json","text_counter":221,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kisang","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Statement by Sen. Faki."},{"id":1625471,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625471/?format=json","text_counter":222,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kisang","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"A country like Mauritius with a population of 2.3 million people receives more visitors than Kenya that has over 55 million people. It is important that we open up the Moi International Airport in Mombasa for other airlines to fly in directly. This is because most of the tourists who come to our country target Mombasa. So, why not allow them to fly there directly for us to increase the number of tourists who come to the country from the current two million to maybe five million or even more. This will create other opportunities. Our tourism and hospitality sector in the coast: Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa and Lamu will grow. When that sector grows, we will have growth in terms of employment for youth. Our youths have been in the streets because of unemployment. Opening up that part of the country will generate a lot of employment opportunities and revenue for the country. Our tax collection will also go up."}]}