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    "id": 1219338,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219338/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi East, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jessica Mbalu",
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    "content": "I echo one Member of Parliament who said that the EPZ was a very well-planned idea. As a strategist, you can have a vision or an idea, but you do not achieve it. It is like having a dream that does not come true. So, the dream or the vision for the EPZ was very well planned. As Madam Beatrice Elachi noted, we are facing many problems and challenges. She is urging and asking the Government to resolve this issue once and for all. We have all talked about the benefits that we get from the EPZ. Growing up, I used to wear jeans and skirts from the EPZ. Currently, production has gone down, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of our youths, women and men are being retrenched at a time when unemployment is a major problem in the country. So, we ask for implementation and enhancement of this programme in the country, so that we create more employment opportunities. We will ensure that our youths are employed. We will ensure that women working in the EPZ have something to feed their children and neighbours. I am not leaving the men behind. They are our biggest supporters, even today. They are our strongest pillars. Men also need to be employed to feed their homes. The enhancement of the EPZ programme will ensure that we create more employment."
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