{"id":998504,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/998504/?format=json","text_counter":1454,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Maara, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Kareke Mbiuki","speaker":{"id":79,"legal_name":"Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki","slug":"japhet-kareke-mbiuki"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I want to start by thanking the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resource for putting in long hours despite the current prevailing situation of COVID-19, to come up with various recommendations on the Budget Estimates. I would also want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for being extremely accommodative when we presented our Report."}