{"id":202337,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/202337/?format=json","text_counter":60,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mwancha","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"asked the Minister for Local Government:- (a) whether he is aware that crop cess levied on farmers for maintenance of roads is not utilized for the intended purpose in most parts of the country; and, (b) whether he could abolish all crop cess considering that many farmers grow a variety of crops for which they pay cess which amounts to multiple taxation."}