{"id":670848,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/670848/?format=json","text_counter":118,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"interest and nature. More particularly, we could encourage the Chair to be sympathetic if it is a Member who is constantly in the House, like the distinguished Senator for Meru, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan or others. But when a persistent offender, like the Senator for Nairobi, is not here, I would encourage you to allow the Statement to be read and then we shall interrogate it as a matter of national interest."}