{"id":247359,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/247359/?format=json","text_counter":217,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Kituyi","speaker_title":"The Minister for Trade and Industry","speaker":{"id":293,"legal_name":"Mukhisa Kituyi","slug":"mukhisa-kituyi"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to issue the following Ministerial Statement regarding the circumstances of the collapse of Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. Uchumi Supermarkets Company Ltd. was incorporated as a private company on the 17th of December, 1975. On its incorporation, the Government had a total of 51.5 per cent of the shareholding through ICDC---"}