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    "id": 1166005,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166005/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "People should stop thinking as regional economical blocks as geographically compact blocks that these counties must join each other. They must see regional blocs based on economic aspects that teaming up with this county will help us. A lot of the produce that comes to the markets in Nairobi City County every morning from 4 a.m., comes from the central part of Kenya. Those counties in the central economic bloc should be interested in partnering with the Nairobi City County so that we can negotiate access to markets and cess. We can agree with many people in the private sector and manufacturers because they are complaining. It is very expensive to move a truck from Mombasa to Nairobi because every step in almost 10 counties in between, you have to pay for branding and cess. It even becomes unproductive Mr. Temporary Speaker, the regional blocs should see how to improve business and make sure we are not stifling but improving. I gave an example of the County of Kirinyaga because Sen. Kajwang’ was talking about transfer of functions from county to national level. One of the functions that I will ask the national Government to transfer to me when I become the governor of Nairobi City County is the school feeding program. Our children are suffering because they are not being fed yet we are told that we cannot do school feeding program as a county government because school feeding is"
}