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    "id": 1026733,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1026733/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "At the outset, I want to say that I support this Bill. I am glad that we are taking steps to put our money where the heartbeat of the economy is. If the SMEs contribute to 40 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), then that is actually where the heart of the economy is. The future of the country stopped being in white-collar jobs. I remember even when I was contributing to the parent Act in 2012, I indicated that we must not only see how we can bring a framework Bill that deals with the sector which includes the jua kali artisans, boda boda riders, salons, fish mongers and mitumba traders, but we must also provide a framework for other Bills that support it. As a country, we are still moving as though we are being driven by 1 per cent of the people who hold the white-collar jobs, when indeed this is actually the sector that moves the economy."
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