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    "id": 1192842,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1192842/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, if we have functional markets, digital goods and services can do very well in this country. As I bring this Motion, I remember in the 12th Parliament we really talked about how SMEs were being mistreated. I thank the President because those SMEs will be able to go back and start trading. They will be able to bring in a container through sharing of costs. They will clear their goods from Mombasa faster. It had reached a point where goods were picked from Mombasa and delivered in Naivasha. One would leave Naivasha to come pay in Nairobi for them to arrive. Honestly? We are a very interesting country where you find someone making millions and billions of shillings at the Port of Mombasa. We have other small ones at Mombasa who have decided to exploit people. A container or a wagon comes in, say, at USD560. Then, this wagon carrying four containers is taken to somebody’s yard where I am supposed to receive it and then expected to pay USD400 per day. If this Government is not going to change all that, we will be doing big injustice to our SMEs. Right now, they are looking for resources. I am hoping the Hustler Fund, the Economic Stimulus Fund and any other fund will benefit traders. They need the money to revive businesses."
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