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    "id": 1163623,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1163623/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13594,
        "legal_name": "Ngugi Joe Joseph Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my senior, Sen. Khaniri, for making such a wonderful Statement. I also do not see sense in us importing those goods that can be locally produced. A total of Kshs400 billion going to one country called China is a lot of money. If even a quarter of this money would be circulating in our economy, it can be a game changer. Madam Deputy Speaker, as it is right now, to import or export goods to China is extremely hard, yet when we are importing from China, it is like we have no strict measures to protect our people. Our people, if supported well, goods that we import such as toothpicks, that we can produce as a country can be something of great impact. There is one man called Anthony Muthungu. He started a company that manufactures USB cables with only Kshs1,500. He went to Uwezo Fund and was given Kshs80,000. He expanded his business. After that, now he has applied for about Kshs800,000, which he has been given. A young man in this country has decided to be the first person to produce USB cables, yet he is not being empowered as he should. Importing substandard USB cables, is one of the biggest issues that we have because everyone has a phone nowadays and they have cables, which we use for power bank. You use those cables for one month or two months and then it is off. The power bank is destroyed and damaged, yet some of us have been using Anthony’s cables for over a year without damage. However, we are not supporting such people in the manner that it should be."
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