{"id":1231408,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231408/?format=json","text_counter":262,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"Unfortunately, part of the difficult decisions that the National Treasury continues to make is to starve our county governments. As the Senate, we must take a firm position against this because we represent counties and the interests of our people."}