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    "id": 114190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114190/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Balala",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Tourism",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Najib Mohamed Balala",
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    "content": "I support the plan to have in place the Port of Lamu. But also I want to raise concern on the issues of heritage and conservation. I think it is the high time we balanced the two and then we will be able to move forward. Establishing a port in Lamu is not good enough, we need to plan and work faster on the issues of railways, roads and water. Particularly in the Coast, water is a challenge. We have been talking for the last 25 years about a second Mzima spring pipeline, but to date, it is has been just a dream. There are no plans by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to design any Mzima pipeline to the Coast Province. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, airports are very important. It is high time, not only for building airports, but also for creating an aviation strategy to bring more airlines into the country. Physical buildings alone are not enough. We need to have strategies to attract airlines and to give them incentives so that they can be coming to our country. Finally, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that we start removing activism and populism from the Government. We are the Government; we are the Legislature and we need to uphold the human rights of individuals and the human rights of the nation. We are the ones who have appointed Mr. Bethwel Kiplagat. We should defend him because we are the ones who have vetted him to that level. I do not want to go into details, but mob justice and the culture of mob justice and hearsay--- There is particularly an organization that calls itself “the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights” that has become loose tongued. It is terrible that they can stand and start attacking everything, including the appointment of a CEO of an airport! They want to comment on every issue, but they have no capacity to verify, neither to say what is right and what is wrong. We need healing and cohesion in this country. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to support."
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