{"id":434221,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/434221/?format=json","text_counter":162,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Duba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":425,"legal_name":"Roba Duba Bonaya","slug":"roba-duba-bonaya"},"content":"I will acknowledge one or two areas where there has been some achievement. It is always good to appreciate the effort. Coming to the points, there is a case where the Government response is that there is no need to declare the situation a national disaster. Is there a disaster? You need to acknowledge that there is or there is not. There is a disaster because it is still an on-going problem. If there is, why not make the declaration? This is a matter we laid before the President when we were invited. It was agreed that this matter be declared a national disaster for two reasons."}