{"id":31187,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/31187/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Minister for Fisheries Development","speaker":{"id":27,"legal_name":"Amason Jeffah Kingi","slug":"amason-kingi"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I respond, this particular Question was supposed to be responded to last Wednesday. However, I was not in the House when it was called, the reason being that I was unwell and my Assistant Minister was out of town. I wrote a letter to your office explaining the circumstances. Indeed, I did seek your indulgence so that I might be allowed to proceed to answer this Question today."}