{"id":379323,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/379323/?format=json","text_counter":31,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Karaba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":232,"legal_name":"Daniel Dickson Karaba","slug":"daniel-karaba"},"content":"Mwea Settlement Scheme was started in 1954. During the struggle for Independence, the Mau Mau detainees were used to construct the canals. The Scheme has been in existence for a long time. It caters for more than 30,000 tenants producing paddy for the local market as well as for export. A variety of rice is grown in conditions I would describe as pathetic."}