{"id":368783,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/368783/?format=json","text_counter":127,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Bichage","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2616,"legal_name":"Chris Munga Nyamaratandi Bichage","slug":"chris-munga-nyamaratandi-bichage"},"content":"Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was elected to this House after a struggle of about 30 years. Having come here, I give my preference to the party. I am not boasting but in this country, you cannot count from one to ten before you get my name in the list of experts in transport logistics and regional integration. I have offered my service in this country. When I came here, I wrote a letter and indicated that my priority number one would be to serve in the Committee responsible for transport matters but I was put in the Committee responsible for energy, without being consulted. We were told that every hon. Member would have a chance to serve in at least two committees. I wrote to the Leader of Minority Party and the Minority Whip and told them that I wanted my second Committee to be the one responsible for regional integration."}