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    "id": 1128449,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Bill. From the outset, the forefathers of this country, those who fought for Independence and who meant very well for this country, made sure that they put in place arrangements that were going to enable the country to have proper industrialisation. They put gadgets that could safeguard any ills, make improvements and innovations and foster industrialisation. I can remember very well that the Kenya Industrial Estates was put in place to finance the little businessmen or industrialists who wanted to manufacture goods that they would supply to the country. This also gave birth to several mushrooming small companies that were built in the countryside for the purpose of mitigating urban migration. Unfortunately, somewhere in the middle, the political class changed and made sure that KIRDIs of this world were starved and pushed out of the place by denying them budgets that were now taken to easy and grey areas where money was transferred into the pockets of individuals without doing actual jobs. These people meant very well. The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and KEBS were put in place for standardisation. Those who are complaining of the economy saying they want to bring the so called bottom up model, if for any reason they have been in the Government, they would first explain to us why they were not able to make these things practical while they were in active positions in the Government rather than coming too late when the water has become a bit sour and the country remains the same. Whoever is coming to lead does not matter to us. We want the country to continue growing and we want good ideas. The KIRDI must be there for research and development and for innovations. We have several innocent kids who are very talented, but there are no proper places that have been raised for further training and improvement of innovations and some intelligence quotient measurement. It is unless you know somebody important who can lift your hand and this is not the case. How I wish this time the Government will be serious. The Committee in charge should fight for proper budgeting such that KIRDI can be given an opportunity to achieve the dream for which it was built. Otherwise, I take this opportunity to support the Bill and wish that the Departmental Committee pushes it to success."
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