{"id":892248,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892248/?format=json","text_counter":155,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ndhiwa, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Martin Owino","speaker":{"id":13449,"legal_name":"Martin Peters Owino","slug":"martin-peters-owino"},"content":"If it were not for the village elders, the divorce rate would be higher and suicides, which are rather epidemic, would be beyond repair. Concerning handling of cases, I can recall an incident when my dad handled a domestic violence. Each person used a different gate and one came in making a lot of noise after the village elders’ intervention…"}