{"id":217695,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217695/?format=json","text_counter":54,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Lesrima","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":178,"legal_name":"Simon Saimanga Lesirma","slug":"simon-lesirma"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not very clear to me why the Minister and his two Assistant Ministers should be absent from the country for a whole month. It is not very clear at all. I would have expected the Government to appoint an acting Minister to run the Ministry. A month is too long! Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not be here on Thursday."}