{"id":790648,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/790648/?format=json","text_counter":129,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mbai","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":181,"legal_name":"Benson Itwiku Mbai","slug":"benson-mbai"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I had risen on a point of order earlier. I am pleased to rise again to support the Motion. There is a soft resistance from the population to counselling services in our society. The elderly and young people suffer from conditions which can be addressed through counselling. That is not permitted in a society where counselling is a kind of a therapy. It can treat and it is scientific."}