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    "id": 1129037,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1129037/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "I agree with the amendment in the Bill. It is important for us to raise the bar so that we give credence to the amount of time spent in school. It is unfortunate and disadvantages us that we tell our young people to go to school, but when it comes to giving out jobs, we tell all Tom, Dick and Harry to apply for specialised jobs. As a country, we must get away from this appeasement mentality where we want to look good or be politically correct and open up all positions just because the youth and other people want to do many things. The experience of this House puts into question this positive affirmation. We have had affirmative action even in our own House, but how does it benefit Kenyans? That is why it is important to support and defend professionalism. As I conclude, interim reports indicate that compared to many countries, Kenya has the lowest percentage of paved roads. Based on the World Bank Report of 2010, only 14.3 per cent of all the roads in the country are paved or tarmacked. We must now accelerate our development as a country. I join my colleagues from Busia to say that, as people of Busia, we have been treated as second-hand citizens and forgotten people. For the past eight or so years of the Jubilee Government, the only attempt to construct a tarmac road has been the kalongolongo business that they have been doing from Busia Town all the way to Malaba. We applaud this, yet you find that in many constituencies in this country, tarmac roads crisscross each other. Budgeting and approval of the budget is done at the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. They leave most of us without anything to talk about. We have nothing to talk about."
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