{"id":126825,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/126825/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Olago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":5,"legal_name":"John Olago Aluoch","slug":"john-aluoch"},"content":"asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance:- (a) whether he is aware that the violent upheavals in early 2008 have resulted in serious shortage of food and other essential commodities in the country with a consequent steep rise in prices; (b) what short-term measures the Ministry has put in place to mitigate the harsh consequences of the same on the ordinary Kenyans; and, (c) whether the Government has considered initiating restricted legislation to control the prices of essential commodities, including fuel."}