{"id":273040,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/273040/?format=json","text_counter":386,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Keynan","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":41,"legal_name":"Adan Wehliye Keynan","slug":"adan-keynan"},"content":"The essence of parliamentary democracy is to do oversight, legislate and represent the electorate. We have all read the definition of Parliament; the fourth role is parliamentary diplomacy, which hitherto was the preserve of the Executive. It is something that the developed nations are making proper use of."}