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    "id": 1441549,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1441549/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "here fighting and misleading Kenyans. The most important thing that we can do is help the Government become self-reliant. By doing so, we will reduce dependence on foreign assistance. When we took over this Government, it was clear that the economy was very bad. However, we are not where we were. Hon. Speaker, I support this Bill because you remember very well that pastoralists lost 80 per cent of their livestock. For the first time, Ksh1 billion has been allocated to them in the Budget. And through this Bill, they will be supported. For the first time, the school feeding program has been well-catered for and 20,000 more teachers will be employed in addition to the 50,000 teachers who had been employed earlier. Hon. Speaker, the Government is focused and is listening to the people through public participation. Today, 16 per cent VAT on bread has been removed. VAT on transport and sugar has also been removed and there is no increase in the mobile money transfer charges. It still remains at 15 per cent. Some activists are cheating people by spreading lies and making young people go to the streets. My advice to the people is support this Bill and you will see the fruits. By passing false information to the people, we will not help them. However, by passing this Bill, we will support our budget and facilitate ministries to bring the transformation we want. I fully support it. Let us make sure that Kenya is self-reliant. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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