{"id":152786,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/152786/?format=json","text_counter":43,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Nguyai","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":113,"legal_name":"Lewis Nganga Nguyai","slug":"lewis-nguyai"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the medallion cash payments were done over a number of years. They were done on the basis of what I would call ex-gratia payments for people who had been given long service awards. As budgetary allocations were changed, it then became no longer a priority to pay ex-gratia payments."}