{"id":1181198,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1181198/?format=json","text_counter":238,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cherarkey","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13217,"legal_name":"Cherarkey K Samson","slug":"cherarkey-k-samson"},"content":"According to the statistics provided by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), in March, Kshs42.5billion were remitted by our brothers and sisters in the diaspora. In February, Kshs36.7 billion was remitted to the country. According to the CBK statistics, the remittances in the first quarter were Kshs118 billion. This is an important source of revenue to this country."}