{"id":1374018,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1374018/?format=json","text_counter":99,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, in other countries, the term of the Senate is longer than that of the ‘‘Lower” Houses. There is a proposal to do that in the Republic; make the Senate serve a longer term than the provided five years as a way of compensating for it."}