{"id":59413,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/59413/?format=json","text_counter":106,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbiuki","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":79,"legal_name":"Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki","slug":"japhet-kareke-mbiuki"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to acknowledge that the Ministry of Agriculture delayed in the procurement of fertilizer. From the word go we had not got the clearance from the Treasury; we obtained it on 28th January 2011. Subsequently, we were able, through the NCPB, to contract a trading company to procure fertilizer. I want to tender an apology on behalf of the Government for the delay in the fertilizer procurement."}