{"id":873101,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/873101/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Kamar","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":33,"legal_name":"Margaret Jepkoech Kamar","slug":"margaret-kamar"},"content":"As we went round, we realised that the poorest people that we have in this country are farmers. They are the only ones still living in grass-thatched houses and cannot afford new farm implements. When some of us were young, farmers used to buy farm implements almost annually. I remember farmers were the richest people and they used to have the best vehicles in the society. Now, they have completely been reduced to poverty."}