{"id":219577,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/219577/?format=json","text_counter":31,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Waithaka","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":223,"legal_name":"Mwangi Kirika Waithaka","slug":"mwangi-waithaka"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, His Highness Dalai Lama is a religious leader. The alleged letter, if I recall, was for him to visit this country in his private capacity as a religious leader. That is why the Government had considered to write a letter to New Delhi to allow him to come. If he was visiting this country in his private capacity as a religious leader, why was he denied a visa?"}