{"id":292070,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/292070/?format=json","text_counter":695,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Koech","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":56,"legal_name":"David Kibet Koech","slug":"david-koech"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, research is very important and key for this country. The proposal to add Kshs300 million to the National Council for Science and Technology is a wonderful proposal although, as a country, we must invest more in research, so that we can move this country forward. I look forward to a time when we shall give them, at least, Kshs3 billion. I was in Germany last week and found that they give Kshs1.1 trillion to research programmes in their country, and we are talking of less than Kshs1 billion in Kenya."}