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    "id": 135519,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/135519/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muriithi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Industrialization",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 91,
        "legal_name": "Ndiritu Muriithi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I rise to support it. I wanted to appeal to hon. Members, and the country at large, that we have been given encouragement to use whatever little we have. A number of things are happening today that we must bring to the attention of everybody. As a country, the incentives that we have already put on the table for business are not being used to the extent that we would like them to be used. I will give an example. Today, if you are investing Kshs1 million, or more in Kenya, the incentive that this august House has put on the table is that we will give you an investment certificate, so that you can be given 100 per cent investment allowance. Last year, we had about 190 customers who told us that they were investing up Kshs190 billion. Surely, these are only the large companies that are coming forward to take advantage of our incentives. I would like to urge Members of Parliament, as the leaders in this country, to encourage everybody in every corner of this country to ensure that they take advantage of these incentives. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we, as a Government, spend a lot of time trying to create markets in the region. That is why we spend a lot of time in the"
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