{"id":570865,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/570865/?format=json","text_counter":22,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Ndiema","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1067,"legal_name":"Henry Tiole Ndiema","slug":"henry-tiole-ndiema"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand that it has been the policy of the Government that Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are the key to developing this country and they should be encouraged. I want a clarification as to why the Government has decided that it is only foreign institutions that are supposed to be involved in the banking sector and not SMEs."}