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    "id": 1262274,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1262274/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Right now, we have a myriad of Apps . A good example is Sendy which I have used before. When you are looking for a company to help you move, you do not need to go to an expensive company. You just need to go to your App or Playstore and download the Sendy App . You will find young energetic people who are happy and ready to help to move your belongings from one point to the next. We also have innovations like we had here in Parliament, which is the Africa Fashion Week. Chair, you were part of the leadership in the team for that week. We were here parading our beautiful designs by Kenyans who are here and continue to show off their prowess in fashion and design. That is what Kenyan innovation looks like. Towards the end of last year, we had a young Kenyan lady in America who went to an American show called Shark Tank. She was afforded about Kshs44 million worth of funding for her coffee company. It is a shame that she was not able to get that support from investors here in Kenya and had to do that in the United States of America (USA). This is a Kenyan innovator. Recently, I sat down with a group called the National Helmet Coalition (NHC). They are trying to design, innovate and create local helmets for our boda boda. Instead of collecting tenders from outside the country, purchasing helmets for our boda boda riders from outside Kenya, why can we not have local solutions to that problem? This is what the Coalition was discussing a week ago. Unfortunately, we do not have the environment for that kind of idea to thrive. It is because we do not have a local lab testing facility for helmets, to make sure they are safe, approved by a national entity and are able to be used by local Kenyans on the road."
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