{"id":660858,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/660858/?format=json","text_counter":99,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Billow","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":260,"legal_name":"Billow Adan Kerrow","slug":"billow-kerrow"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter is of significant interest to many counties, particularly counties in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALS) of this country; pastoralists communities whom I represent in some other capacity. It has taken so long for this fund to be operationalized. I will invite the Cabinet Secretary to a Committee to give explanation on issues surrounding the operationalization of this fund, and then I will respond to the House in two weeks’ time."}