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    "id": 1199003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1199003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwatate, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Shake",
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    "content": "Mwatate is a constituency which houses the headquarters of Taita Taveta County and also a business hub which is growing very fast. The economic activities in Mwatate are basically mining. Almost 70 per cent of Taita Taveta, Mwatate included, is composed of all types of mines. Name any mineral, it is there. Our main economic activity is mostly mining. Our youth in the mines are having problems because they do not have machinery to help them explore the minerals so that we can change the economy of Mwatate. Therefore, my request is for the current Government to make sure it provides the machinery so that the people can use them for mining purposes to uplift the economy of Mwatate. In fact, in the near future, I will bring a Motion to declare mining in Taita Taveta an economic activity. When the Government is supporting miraa, coffee and tea, the same should also be done to our small-scale miners so that we can tap the minerals to help our people develop. Last but not least, let me speak on the Motion which is before us - the school feeding programme. Let me say that due to this drought, Mwatate has been hit hard especially the school children. Many of them had dropped out in the first term. But in second term, as the area MP, by the grace of God, I managed to introduce a school feeding programme for the 68 primary schools and, up to now, they are food sufficient. However, that programme is not going to take long. I think by the end of this term, I will not be able to support them again. So, I support the Motion. God bless Kenya, God bless Mwatate. Thank you."
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