{"id":1245471,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1245471/?format=json","text_counter":185,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sifuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13599,"legal_name":"Sifuna Edwin Watenya","slug":"sifuna-edwin-watenya"},"content":"Secondly, there is the question of the increase in the cost of public participation. I have heard my colleagues refer only to the geographical size of the counties as one of the factors that determine or affect the cost of public participation. However, we should also factor the population that we are governing."}