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    "id": 1128414,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1128414/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gem, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Elisha Odhiambo",
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        "legal_name": "Elisha Ochieng Odhiambo",
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    "content": "I am aware, for example, that the country is at a point of deciding whether to have a research reactor. Look at, for example, having a research reactor as a country, what would it do? It would help us in production of isotopes which will help in ameliorating the problem facing the brothers and sisters who are suffering from cancer. Right now, we are getting isotopes from South Africa. If we had a research reactor in Mombasa or Kisumu, we would have ultimate research in agriculture and medicine, and majority of Kenyans who go to India may not necessarily go there because we would have an institute that controls what happens in the country. I have looked at the Bill, and there is more emphasis on procedures of employing the members of the board and a director. I would rather we spend more time and effort in giving it a cognitive dimension by deeply looking at what matters most in the Bill, which is the facet of research. That is what will help this country. As we talk about patenting inventions, it is important to protect the young men and women. More important is to ensure that they are financed so that their inventions can go places. This is a country of innovators. One thing that the President will be remembered for is the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway. If you look at the way that road is being constructed, I am sure Hon. (Eng.) Nduati and Hon. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who are engineers, are the only ones who would appreciate the beauty and aesthetics that have come with the engineering. Kenyans will remember the President for making a decision to leave this country better than he found it. I am sure this country will be better if it is led by engineers. I believe that when Raila Amolo Odinga takes over, Hon. Nduati, who is his personal friend, will see better days. This country needs to see a better tomorrow rather than talking about wheelbarrows."
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