{"id":228389,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228389/?format=json","text_counter":83,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Prof. Olweny","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":122,"legal_name":"Patrick Ayiecho Olweny","slug":"patrick-olweny"},"content":"asked the Minister for Water and Irrigation:- (a) whether he is aware that water hyacinth has invaded wetlands, streams and other small water bodies, thus threatening their survival; (b) whether he is further aware that the weed has also invaded some irrigated lands in western Kenya, making it expensive to till the fields; and, (c) what efforts he is making to eliminate the weed from the affected areas."}