{"id":161282,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/161282/?format=json","text_counter":152,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kiptanui","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources","speaker":{"id":52,"legal_name":"Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui","slug":"jackson-kiptanui"},"content":"The lease was to expire on 31st october, 2003 but was extended for 50 years with effect from 1st April, 2004. The extension of this lease was a requirement for a loan facility for the expansion of the plant under the land lease, which is being administered by the Minister for Lands."}