{"id":49897,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/49897/?format=json","text_counter":15,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Oburu","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government owns 183 parastatals. Out of this number, 80 are self- sustaining and give dividends to the Government while 103 parastatals depend on the Government of Kenya for survival. (b) As stated in part “a” above, the number of self sustaining parastatals is 80 and I hereby lay before the House a detailed list of the same."}