{"id":27843,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/27843/?format=json","text_counter":377,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Shakeel","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":140,"legal_name":"Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed","slug":"shakeel-shabbir"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government spoke about a Minister going to a place and declaring it a city. That was in the old Local Authorities Act that was changed, but the one in Tanzania still remains. That is how Mwanza was declared a city. However, I want to put to you that the former President Moi came and declared both Kisumu and Mombasa cities. I hope that this Bill will give the current President, H.E. Mwai Kibaki some powers to confirm the two municipalities as cities."}