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    "id": 1128443,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1128443/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shadrack Mose",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Shadrack John Mose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice to this critical Bill which is long overdue. The history of KIRDI dates back to 1942 by the then colonial Government that established a laboratory that was meant to do research. In 1979, the Kenyan Government came up with KIRDI. It is unfortunate that from 1979, when we should have taken it up seriously as a research institute to develop research innovation in our country, we seem to have gone into slumber land. I categorically state that this is an appeal whose time is long overdue. It should have started from 1942. If we had developed it as country, we would have made great strides as per today. We are talking of undertaking research development, innovation in industrial and alike technologies. I have listened to colleagues exchanging not forgetting that this is an extremely juicy Bill that is before us that we need to develop. We need to put in all that we can do to ensure that we catch up with what is happening in developed democracies. This development or innovation 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."
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