{"id":195382,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/195382/?format=json","text_counter":47,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbai","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":181,"legal_name":"Benson Itwiku Mbai","slug":"benson-mbai"},"content":"asked the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources:- (a) in view of the fact that sand harvesting is causing irreversible environmental degradation in the lower Eastern Province, what urgent measures he is taking in mitigation; and, (b) why the Ministry has not imposed a ban on sand harvesting."}