{"id":286612,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286612/?format=json","text_counter":85,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Otichilo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":131,"legal_name":"Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa","slug":"wilber-ottichilo"},"content":"asked the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife:- (a) what steps his Ministry has taken to control Santa Maria Feverfens weed (Parthenium Hysterophorusa), which was declared as a noxious weed under the Suppression of Noxious Weeds Act on 13th April, 2010; and, (b) what sectoral coordination mechanisms the Ministry has put in place to control the weed, considering that it poses a great threat to biodiversity, agriculture, wildlife, livestock and human health."}