{"id":696861,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696861/?format=json","text_counter":289,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2065,"legal_name":"Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi","slug":"ferdinard-kevin-wanyonyi"},"content":"Sitting allowance is surely meant for board members. I am surprised because at the two big parastatals that I headed, we were not allowed to pay civil servants because they draw salaries. I am surprised that a CEO or a board that is well informed could go ahead and pay allowances to civil servants who attend meetings on behalf of the parent ministry."}