{"id":144957,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/144957/?format=json","text_counter":24,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Munyaka","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":86,"legal_name":"Victor Kioko Munyaka","slug":"victor-munyaka"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Special Programmes the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that Machakos Town Constituency is currently allocated only 2,000 bags of relief maize per month? (b) Could the Minister urgently consider increasing relief food ration in the constituency, considering the level of poverty and current famine and, considering further that, about 50 per cent of the population is dependent on relief food?"}