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    "id": 1089346,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1089346/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chebeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Chebeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill by Sen. Sakaja. It is a progressive Bill, which addresses the challenges that start-ups face especially in this country. A lot has been said about the innovativeness and creativeness of young people in this country. We need to do more. We do not need to come here and speak about it. We need to do something about it. I congratulate Sen. Sakaja for coming up with this Bill because it will ensure that we will do something about the creativeness that young people have. This Bill seeks to foster a culture of innovative thinking and entrepreneurship. For a long time, we have been talking about creating a culture of entrepreneurship in the country and this Bill seeks to do just that. It also seeks to promote an enabling environment for start-ups who face many challenges before they grow and become independent. This Bill also seeks to have an aspect of monitoring and evaluation. Many times, we have programmes and policies but we do not seem to go the direction of monitoring to see whether it is doing the right thing and whether it is working for us. With this provision, I believe that we will have up-to-date regulations that seek to solve challenges in the 21st Century. In Clause 4(e) on the roles of national and county governments, it seeks to promote linkages between universities, research institutions and business economy. This is a crucial and critical role. Madam Temporary Speaker, our universities are full of young people who are creative and innovative and have better solutions to deal with challenges that we face in the 21st Century. I believe that the linkage between the universities and research institutions is key. This is because they provide powerful knowledge and insights when it comes to any field. With that linkage, I believe that we will come up with start-ups that will solve challenges in the country. We also need to have a framework in which they can coordinate and cooperate well so that we ensure that we have the growth and development of start-ups."
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