{"id":1267059,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1267059/?format=json","text_counter":252,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Chute","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13583,"legal_name":"Chute Mohamed Said","slug":"chute-mohamed-said"},"content":"construction works and their respective amounts paid by them as retention money from the year 2017 to date; (2) indicate the status of the release of retention money by the County Governments’ respective contractor within the same period providing reasons for any releases that have not been effected; (3) state the total amount currently held by the County Governments as retention money explaining the reason for discrepancies, if any, between the amounts paid and released by the contractors and; (4) state measures put in place to ensure timely release of retention money to the contractors."}