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    "id": 1192637,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi East, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jessica Mbalu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Congratulations on being in the Chairperson’s Panel which is a seat that I served for 10 years. It can be cold, hot, or warm. Congratulations; you are equal to the task. Allow me to thank Hon. Beatrice Elachi for coming up with this Motion on the Development of a Unified National Policy on Small and Micro-Enterprises. It is very important to note that Hon. Beatrice Elachi is asking the House to resolve but not urge. We pass many Motions in this House. We call upon the Committee on Implementation to ensure that such Motions are implemented. In this one, we are resolving but not urging the national Government to develop a unified national policy on SMEs. The Motion looks on how we can recognise, fund, mentor, expand, restructure and market our SMEs products. This will grow our economy. When I used to teach at the university, I used to give my students examples from United States of America (USA) where the economy has improved because of the SMEs. We ask the Government to allocate resources to our SMEs, especially after the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. We can support the jua kali sector and women who sell mbogas in terms of funding. Let us have one unified national Policy on SMEs. Since we now have the Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, it should stop a lot of competition. We also need to ensure that we promote MSMEs to trade both locally and internationally. This will create jobs for our youth, women and men and our economy will improve. I thank Hon. Beatrice Elachi. We must pass this Motion and implement it. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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