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    "id": 1060371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, before I delve into this matter, may I seek your protection as Members leave the chamber? They can leave without necessarily uttering any word. I had moved my points, but I now want to qualify a few of them before I give a chance to my colleagues to also put across their submissions. COVID-19 has, indeed, battered all nations. A country such as Kenya must be in a position to reposition itself in such a way that when COVID-19 goes, just like the Spanish Flu and Ebola, our country will not suffer heavy consequences as a result of it. Countries cannot effectively trade either bilaterally or multilaterally and, therefore, many nations have ground to a halt. Kenya, given the Motion that is before us, will position itself in such a way that once normalcy resumes, then we can bounce back. I alluded to the fact that several reports have established that our country loses Kshs100 billion in Nairobi as a result of heavy traffic. This research was carried out by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). All of us can bear witness to the fact that inordinate delays occasioned by heavy traffic in this City run for up to four to five hours in a day. This has contributed immensely to the moneylessness that we have as a country. An amount of Kshs100 billion is lost either in terms of fuel burning without movement, or in terms of time. We, therefore, put ourselves into a quandary and something needs to be done even as we expand our business horizon so that as a nation, we can also quickly move to the places where we transact. We needed to have a balance of trade without partner nations whereby we need to export more and import less and that consequently stabilises our shilling that has received a beating as well. I, therefore, support the Business Laws (Amendment) No.21 Bill. Thank you."
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