{"id":167917,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/167917/?format=json","text_counter":734,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Namwamba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":108,"legal_name":"Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba","slug":"ababu-namwamba"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, issues have been raised during previous debates on this matter about sovereignty and I want to disagree with hon. Members who have asserted here that we are not a sovereign republic; we are a sovereign republic."}