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    "id": 102521,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/102521/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, to be fair to the Minister, I think this year’s Budget is a more progressive one, compared to last year’s Budget. I say this because last year’s Budget was more of a political Budget as opposed to a Budget that was meant to spur serious economic growth. I would say that even the growth that we realized of 2.6 percent was by accident, because most of the measures that were put in place, especially the Economic Stimulus Package, and which were supposed to spur economic growth did not take off. So, we cannot attribute any growth that was realized to the Economic Stimulus Package. What we ended up seeing were acts of nature like good rains, the tourism sector doing well and a bit of activity in the transport industry. But there was no deliberate attempt to spur economic growth. This year, I am encouraged because the Minister has actually come to realize that for a country to achieve any meaningful economic growth, we need to emphasise on the private sector. The Minister’s attempt to improve the business environment is commendable. One hon. Member did ask: Which business environment are we trying to improve? When you invest more resources in the infrastructure of the country, you are improving all categories of business, including the small scale business, because, who"
}