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    "id": 1166040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Sen. Nyamunga, this is a welcomed Bill. I am afraid of the time that is remaining because it has to go to the National Assembly and back, and we only have two or three months of legislative time that people can concentrate before we have Sine Die recess sometime in June. This is a welcome Bill that should have come earlier, and I fully support it. When you look at the regional economic blocs, we need to look at other forms of financing of such kinds of developments. Particularly, if we have Private Partnerships and foreign investors taking over so that we have shared ownership, but also concessionary maybe for 20 to 25 years. That is the only way we will rebuild our economy. It is also an indictment on our national Government to ensure that then we create new markets for our products. We have ceded so much ground to the extent that most of the products that are coming into the country need not to. Some of them actually need to be banned. For example, why should we be importing eggs and milk in this country? These should be left to our local farmers, so that we produce better and to have sustainable livelihoods. I support this timely Bill. I hope it will see the light of day before the end of the 12th Parliament."
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