{"id":532874,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/532874/?format=json","text_counter":114,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Keter","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":169,"legal_name":"Charles Cheruiyot Keter","slug":"charles-keter"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this very important Motion. From the outset, I want to thank the President for the wonderful statement that was well articulated. When I listened to all the policies, achievements, the downfalls and the challenges, I knew we are on the right track. I say so because we have come from an era with many challenges. The President elaborated many issues which I think, as a Senate, we have to analyse thoroughly. In his Speech, the President mentioned the importance of the Ministry of Mining where he said the royalties from the financial year 2012/2013 amounted to Kshs21 million and last year, it rose to Kshs1.2 million. You can see the difference of one year when the Ministry was created---"}