{"id":176920,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/176920/?format=json","text_counter":96,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Sambu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":137,"legal_name":"Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu","slug":"alfred-sambu"},"content":", asked the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources:- (a) whether he is aware that Lake Victoria, once a resourceful water body and which is a source of livelihood for millions of Kenyans, is now choking with water hyacinth; and, (b) what urgent steps he is taking to rid the lake of this plant and to clean and restore its glory."}