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    "id": 1077108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1077108/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "So, I am happy, if it was not that we are dealing with very difficult times, I would have wished that we would have increased that Budget. One of the issues I would like to raise as a concern is the issue of the Blue Economy that the Government has put in a lot of money. I would be raising a Statement or a Question here that on the issue of the Blue Economy, we need to look at areas such as Lake Victoria. This is because - and I can see it is almost time - we need to be very careful about populist and buzz words such as bottom up projects that I have heard Members speak about. If you are not careful, people will start thinking that you are talking about a club in Kisumu called the Bottoms-Up Approach. All these buzz words we are talking about are things that we have thought about for 20 years and are already in the Constitution. Other than hoodwinking Kenyans when you are talking about expanded space for specific engagement, public participation and decentralization through devolution, that is all about bottom up approach. However, if you insist on it, we will probably think that you are talking about the Kisumu Club where people buy drinks and meet. This Hon. Member was telling me the place is closed and does not work. Otherwise, our greatest challenge is corruption and we must deal with that so that all the things that we are seeking to do are realized. I thank you."
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