{"id":242734,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/242734/?format=json","text_counter":122,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Cheboi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":329,"legal_name":"Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi","slug":"moses-cheboi"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is now a seasoned diplomat and I am sure he is aware that many of our missions abroad are not even self- sustaining. It becomes very difficult for them to survive if they have to be renting premises abroad. There is a policy of this Government and even previous governments of not purchasing properties where the missions are placed. Idi Amin of Uganda bought a house in London which is now called Uganda House. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya at one point wanted to purchase a house for us in Tripoli which is an embarrassment and even sometimes---"}