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    "id": 1089216,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1089216/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "However good this Bill may be, my distinguished nephew, if the politics of the day is not right, it will have no meaning. So, we must talk about the political environment under which this Bill will be administered. We can pass it and have a negative Government that will never put money on innovation, does not appreciate incubation and that will want to distribute wheelbarrows instead of computers. You will never get anywhere. So, a good Government will implement this good law. My distinguished nephew, we want these developments of innovation and incubation to be homegrown and home-driven. Sometimes when foreigners come to drive our agenda, some bring us obsolete technology while some want to micromanage us. However, the most important thing, because I see my time is running out, is, upon passage of this Bill, every Senator in this House should take it as an obligation to see that our counties embrace positive programmes for the youth in innovation by creating local budgets. Apart from money expected from the national Government because we know they own the lion share, we should have a budget line in our counties that is targeted towards young people that are innovative, whether it is in agriculture, environment, road construction, or whatever it is so that they are supported. Mr. Speaker, Sir, more importantly, I want a clause in this Bill that the Government shall help young entrepreneurs that bring innovative ideas to the fore in helping them register their patents. To patent your production, I think I saw a clause somewhere that the Government should help young innovators to patent their ideas at no cost. This is because young people do not have enough money to register patents and"
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