{"id":630586,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/630586/?format=json","text_counter":143,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mulu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1955,"legal_name":"Benson Makali Mulu","slug":"benson-makali-mulu"},"content":"I support this amendment. It is important for us to have democracy in this country, more so, party democracy. We all know that democracy is expensive. It is important that political parties are funded by the State. It is a way of promoting democracy and maturing it."}