{"id":16878,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/16878/?format=json","text_counter":14,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Assistant Minister is aware, the situation on this road is actually dire. As I speak now, water ponds have formed on what was formally the road surface. There are trees growing on the road. I appreciate what he says that work will start in January, but the businesspeople cannot access their premises. What immediate action can he take, so that these people access their businesses?"}