{"id":1275900,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1275900/?format=json","text_counter":424,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"When it comes to this issue of national debt borrowing by the national Government, my argument has always been that this is a mandate that is co-shared by the two Houses. We know the practice in the Commonwealth. If there is a practice that has been followed by a House of Parliament successfully each year, then that acquires the force of law."}