{"id":331735,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/331735/?format=json","text_counter":88,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(a) whether he is aware that NEMA granted Bedford Bio-fuels a licence for a 10,000 hectare Jatropha “pilot” project in Kitangale Ranch in Tana Delta; (b) whether he is further aware that East African Wildlife Society objected to the grant and petitioned the Ministry to cancel the licence in view of the expected negative environmental consequences; and, (c) whether the licence has been cancelled and whether he could assure the House that the Government will not grant such licences in the area in future."}