{"id":903809,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/903809/?format=json","text_counter":520,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sakaja","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13131,"legal_name":"Johnson Arthur Sakaja","slug":"johnson-arthur-sakaja"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 47(1), I rise to make a Statement on the recently announced ban on imports of used car spare parts by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS). This ban, despite the intentions, is ill- timed and ill-informed. It will have a negative impact on thousands of Kenyans who depend on this trade for their livelihoods. Their livelihoods will be grossly jeopardised."}