{"id":706386,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/706386/?format=json","text_counter":43,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ekomwa","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2940,"legal_name":"James Lomenen Ekomwa","slug":"james-lomenen-ekomwa"},"content":"through such a road and yet, we expect them to improve their businesses. We are therefore calling upon the Government to take it as a serious issue. We have agreed with the residents that, as the representative of the people, if we cannot improve that infrastructure, there is no way the residents can trust us as their representatives. There is no way they can trust the Government. So, we are calling upon our Government to do something because we have trust that it will listen to us. It should not listen to other people. It should listen to us because we belong to it. When you are there, Hon. Speaker, we have confidence in you. I know you will follow up that issue through specific departments to ensure that we have bridges. Hon. Speaker, you saw me the other time crossing the river without clothes. It is because there is no bridge. For how long will I be crossing that river to deliver services to my people?"}