{"id":63317,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/63317/?format=json","text_counter":246,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Letimalo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":68,"legal_name":"Raphael Lakalei Letimalo","slug":"raphael-letimalo"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, two months ago, I had requested for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on the damming of River Omo which is the largest tributary to Lake Turkana. I would like that Statement given because the issue is very serious because the Ethiopian Government is proceeding very fast in damming almost three quarters of the River Omo."}