{"id":122612,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/122612/?format=json","text_counter":93,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Shaban","speaker_title":"The Minister of State for Special Programmes","speaker":{"id":139,"legal_name":"Naomi Namsi Shaban","slug":"naomi-shaban"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I take this opportunity to apologize for not being here last week. We had sent a letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly, but for some reason it had not reached the destination. The letter was delivered to the Clerk’s Office on 6th November, 2009. My Assistant Minister and I were away on official duty. Something cropped up and he had to leave the country urgently."}