{"id":172851,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/172851/?format=json","text_counter":488,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Linturi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":69,"legal_name":"Franklin Mithika Linturi","slug":"franklin-linturi"},"content":"THAT, cognizant that Local Authorities lack the capacity to pay salaries and allowances to councillors; conscious that poor remuneration leads to lack of moral and poor self esteem, which hampers service delivery, this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament entitled The Local Authorities Remuneration Bill to fix the salaries of mayors, deputy mayors and councillors, and for purposes incidental thereto and connected therewith."}