{"id":702668,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/702668/?format=json","text_counter":215,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mati","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2469,"legal_name":"G.J. Munuve Mati","slug":"gj-munuve-mati"},"content":"From an economic perspective, this cannot be implemented. We went through a very difficult time as a Parliament at the beginning when people camped at the gates and called us “Mpigs” because the wage bill of Members of Parliament was going through the roof. We went through a very difficult time rationalising why this House should be as bloated as it is."}