{"id":1269220,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1269220/?format=json","text_counter":280,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Methu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13581,"legal_name":"Methu John Muhia","slug":"methu-john-muhia"},"content":"As it is now, the Government has given licences for harvesting and thinning foreign trees. I am the Chairperson of Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. The licences have not been issued because harvesting forest products has been banned for quite some time. There should be a framework so that we allow those that have licences to do their business in peace."}