{"id":164587,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/164587/?format=json","text_counter":367,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Githae","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government","speaker":{"id":159,"legal_name":"Robinson Njeru Githae","slug":"robinson-githae"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this factory was on the verge of closing, because it had not received maize. Even today, the factory has actually been closed, resulting to a loss of more than 100 jobs, because of non-availability of maize. Part of my concern is that the NCPB has conveniently revealed this letter, but there are other letters I wrote on non-payment for maize delivered to the Board by farmers in my constituency, asking them to pay for the maize delivered to them. Conveniently, those"}