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    "id": 1096146,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096146/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": "and I would like to say that my mother was not poor. When I hear people despising my mother, I normally get very bitter because those small businesses have built this country. They are not gangsters or fraudsters. These are people who work very hard. I grew up in a family of nine and my mother, who used to sell vegetables, was able to take us to good schools. All my siblings and I went to school. So, I would advise leaders not to despise our people by showing them that they are nothing. People have risen from those small businesses and we have seen it demonstrated by people from Kangema and Mathira. There are people who came here as shoe shiners. From that shoe shining business, they would start selling newspapers. From selling newspapers, they would start a small kiosk. From that small kiosk, they would start a timber selling business. If you go to Machakos Country Bus Station, when those big businesses you see there started growing, I was around. Their owners started very small and today they are big people. Even a majority of us here, having gone through university, also started small. We used to walk to work and share houses and food. This is something we need to encourage. We need to encourage our youths and tell them that there is no free money. That opportunity will never be there. You have to start small and grow. Whether you are educated or not, you must learn to do something. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}