{"id":100629,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/100629/?format=json","text_counter":314,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ethuro","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":158,"legal_name":"Ekwee David Ethuro","slug":"ekwee-ethuro"},"content":"First, I want to congratulate Eng. Maina for bringing this Bill. Ordinarily, as a trained economist, I would not go for controlling prices. As my colleagues have said previously, the Government has been sleeping on the job; Kenyans have been suffering because of skyrocketing food prices, yet food is a right. As we work towards a new dispensation in this nation, it is important that we assure the citizens of this Republic that they have a right of access to affordable food, because that is what will sustain them."}