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    "id": 1183578,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183578/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "The vehicle assembly industry has struggled to stay afloat as I mentioned, the industry whose lifeline depended on a very protected market. So many manufacturing entities in our country gradually closed shop with the liberalisation of our market in the 1990s. The opening gap of the market contributed to the heavy decline of the local parts manufacturers. Consequently, by the mid-2000s, many local content manufacturers had actually closed shop. People will remember the likes of Marshalls East Africa Limited ending up closing shop and the scale down of many of the other assemblers, Toyota, DT Dobie and virtually almost all these local motor vehicle manufacturers. Remember the Thika Motor Dealers in Thika who used to be a very huge outfit and General Motors on Mombasa Road. Many other assemblers ended up closing shop and some downscaling leading to importation of fully assembled units."
}