{"id":244791,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/244791/?format=json","text_counter":153,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. M. Maitha","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":76,"legal_name":"Gideon Mung'aro Maitha","slug":"gideon-maitha"},"content":"asked the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing:- (a) if he is aware that coffee farming activities have been abandoned at Kwa Matingi, Wendano, Matuu, Kianzabe and Kayatta farms in Kangundo; (b) if he is also aware that the shareholders of these farms get no dividends when their directors borrow money from banks against the farms' title deeds for their own use; (c) if he is also aware that many of the directors have initiated legal proceedings to sustain their positions at the expense of shareholders; and, (d) what the Minister is doing to ensure that these farms are returned to the shareholders through general meetings."}