{"id":624490,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/624490/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Makenga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1650,"legal_name":"Richard Makenga Katemi","slug":"richard-makenga-katemi"},"content":"I also want to comment on the issue of importation of sugar. This practice has reached very high proportions as a result of impunity. Sugar is imported in containers that pass through scanners and a battery of Government agencies. Hon. Speaker, it is high time the Government came out strongly and gave a warning to the officers who man these borders and entry points in this country to make sure that sugar is not imported into the country illegally."}