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    "id": 1016446,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. In the interest of time, I support this Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito to not only consider the tourism sector, but to also look at restaurants and bars that employ many people in this country who are now jobless. If we talk about a stimulus package, we must think of a stimulus package that will benefit people directly and put food on their tables. I appreciate what Sen. (Dr.) Langat and Sen. Kinyua have spoken about with regard to the lives of the people who live close to the parks. In the Maasai Mara, many people suffered because they depended on tourism dollars to sustain their livelihood. Those people had pubs and restaurants. In fact, if you listen to advertisements in developing countries, musicians are now streaming music live and asking people to donate a dollar or shilling to help those people, like deejays. Some of us are very lucky that we can get a salary. When COVID-19 hit, the poor local people who depend on music, small restaurants and the waiters are not getting any money because they were fired. Now that we still do not know when the economy will be opened, it is imperative that we think about how we can encourage these people to continue carrying out their businesses so that we can stop them being out in the streets. We have many street children now. The other day, I was looking at the streets of Nairobi and that takes me back to 1980s when there were many children on the streets. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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