{"id":114759,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114759/?format=json","text_counter":253,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Konchella","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":322,"legal_name":"Gideon Sitelu Konchella","slug":"gideon-konchella"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of the environment is very crucial. We know, for example, that we are lucky now we have rains; thank God, because of the rains we have. But we need a sustained programme to ensure that we have rain out of natural design than out of a serious situation like El Nino, which we have seen before."}