{"id":47054,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/47054/?format=json","text_counter":352,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Washiali","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":151,"legal_name":"Benjamin Jomo Washiali","slug":"benjamin-washiali"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to declare my interest under Standing Order No.81 that I am also a sugar-cane farmer, besides being a Member of Parliament of that area. I have had an opportunity to move around that region and the constituency that I represent. You will see people living in abject poverty. It really touches one’s sympathy. When you go round, you will find a family with two acres of land under cane and has a child or a relative who has passed away from a simple disease like Malaria. They cannot raise Kshs200 to take that patient or relative to a health centre for that disease to be treated. Yet, that person has two or more acres under cane."}