{"id":416161,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/416161/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I want to reiterate on what hon. Abongotum has said because you and the Commission have received a lot of flak from people I would call ignorant, that you want to spend money on this technology. The country must know that we are spending so much on paper in a year that it would be just a fraction of the cost of these cheap Ipads. An Ipad is just something which you use to receive information on your thumbs. I think it is also good for the country to know that, that argument against Parliament is one which is misdirected because we are a country which is saying that we even want to give laptops to Standard One pupils. So, why would we not want hon. Members to be digital in a digital era? I want to support that initiative by your Commission."}