{"id":108065,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/108065/?format=json","text_counter":163,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Balala","speaker_title":"The Minister for Tourism","speaker":{"id":9,"legal_name":"Najib Mohamed Balala","slug":"najib-balala"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support this amendment. We are yet to evolve democratic political parties. So far, what we have are tribal chiefs, and parties which belong to tribes; that is the reality. We need to have democracy within political parties and in regions. We should not allow regions to be under the whims of individuals in political parties."}