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    "id": 134432,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/134432/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Omingo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Trade",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Omingo Magara",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to request and plead with hon. Members to also take a central role in actually appreciating the fact that we collectively have a responsibility of creating an environment for business to thrive. To the extent that I also plead and request my colleague Ministers to desist from making statements publicly, privately or otherwise that compromise the state of security in our country and erodes confidence either in potential investors or potential tourists who want to visit our country. I said here yesterday that trade and industry are key to jumpstart any economy to grow to whichever level. I want to repeat that the economies of the East only started by embracing trade and industry or investment in a small way. If we started that way, we would grow. I want to report here that we need to take advantage of what we have. With the little money we have in the Ministry, we also endeavour to have collective responsibility and that of giving value for money for the Kenyan taxpayers. I also want to ask our leadership to embrace and access the information we have, particularly from the Export Promotion Council (EPC), where small-scale entrepreneurs are given market opportunities to export. That information is available. Whatever market you want to sell to your constituents through small and micro-enterprises they can access the market through the EPC. Let us utilize our facilities and the institutions that we have for purposes of benefiting our people."
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