{"id":865557,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/865557/?format=json","text_counter":137,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mwangi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"committees? Committees would be more effective and do much better work if there was a well-equipped secretariat, capable of doing research, providing the necessary information and evidence. Currently, Committees work with skeleton staff. Hon. Members do research for themselves. I wish we could have research officers attached to all Committees. We need the staff that can support and guide us properly."}