{"id":331097,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/331097/?format=json","text_counter":167,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Washiali","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":151,"legal_name":"Benjamin Jomo Washiali","slug":"benjamin-washiali"},"content":"asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether he could table a list of buying prices of sugarcane per tonne by the respective sugar factories; (b) whether he is aware that the difference in buying prices is causing serious sugarcane “poaching” that could result in the closure of some factories; and, (c) what steps the Minister is taking to safeguard the survival of such factories."}