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    "id": 1356941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1356941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to laud the State of the Nation Address by the President of this country. I listened to his speech and he touched on many key areas that are important for this country’s development. I urge Kenyans to give him time and believe in what he tells us. When I was young, I saw what this President did when he was the Minister for Education. At that time, most of us were suffering joining university after staying at home for three years, which was a long recess. When he took over this Ministry, all that changed. He fast-tracked admission of university students and reduced the number of months we would stay at home. When he was the Minister for Agriculture, he also did a lot of reformation in this country. He is a person we have learned from in the past performance. Therefore, we can trust him with this country. I want to focus on agriculture and what he is thinking about this sector. I had an opportunity to interact with him at a very personal level. He is my neighbour. This is a person who sees far much ahead more than what some of us are projecting. He focuses so much on the agricultural sector. We are aware that most of these developed countries were agricultural countries. When you look at their history of development, they began by investing so much in the agricultural sector. Most of them were predominantly agricultural. They invested so much in the agricultural sector. Out of this, they sprang to the high levels they are in now of industrialised or first world countries. If we have to move to that direction, we have to take the road of investing so much in the agricultural sector, which will spur growth in our economy. Why am I focusing on agriculture? Majority of Kenyans work in the agricultural sector. Investing in that sector benefits them and ensures that they contribute to the economy in terms of taxes, hence reducing poverty levels."
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