{"id":435010,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/435010/?format=json","text_counter":229,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Kenya’s strategic interests in South Sudan have been well put not least of all is the LAPSSET project. However, I think that once again the conflict in that country tends to cast a sharp focus on the role of the African Union (AU) which is the predecessor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was in some quarters described as a mere talk shop."}