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    "id": 1194637,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1194637/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Duncan Mathenge",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for granting me this opportunity. It is a momentous occasion for me to speak to the Motion before the House on amending the Constitution. The NG-CDF is a way of life in this country today. I urge the House that if there is anybody who has doubt as regards the position of the NG-CDF in the hearts and minds of ordinary Kenyans, we can take this matter to a referendum and we will come out on top. I do not fear taking the matter to a referendum such that we have to restrict it ourselves through a parliamentary initiative. If we need to go the whole hog, I am sure that Kenyans will come out in large numbers to stand with the NG-CDF. It is my view that the NG-CDF should even expand its scope and cover the spaces that seem to have been left during the sharing of functions between the national government and country governments. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with your permission, I will give examples of such spaces. Firstly, our young people are one of the greatest assets that this country has. However, jobs as our young people knew them, have migrated from blue collar to white collar to manual labour and into the digital space. One of the key enablers for digital work is good quality internet. I propose that, as we look at this legislation, we expand the scope of the NG-CDF to provide communal internet hotspots for young people, to be supported by their government, to enable them exploit the digital superhighway."
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