{"id":183316,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/183316/?format=json","text_counter":82,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mudavadi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":84,"legal_name":"Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi","slug":"musalia-mudavadi"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the Ministry of Local Government that ought to formalise those pronouncements. It is true that on 15th December, 2001, Kisumu was declared a city. It was followed by Mombasa on 1st January, 2002. As I said earlier, the law does not provide for granting of city status to municipal councils in Kenya. We are going to make amendments to facilitate that."}