{"id":874231,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874231/?format=json","text_counter":194,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Olekina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":407,"legal_name":"Ledama Olekina","slug":"ledama-olekina"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, we, as Parliament, need to sit down together and decide what should be done. For example, it will not be a crime to waive these loans. We can treat them as a bad debt. We are all businessmen in one way or another. Sometimes we negotiate with the banks on how to service our loans. A bad debt is a bad debt. Therefore, we need to waive it."}