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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng.) John Kiragu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to support this Motion on the Consideration of the First Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025. As I stand here, I honestly know how hard it has been for the Committee - I see the Chairman is here - for them to work on these First Supplementary Estimates and try to balance them out, and also taking into consideration the austerity measures that have been brought before us. However, we know why we are here. Our young people have talked. They raised issues and they have brought certain issues that are very important to all of us. That it is importance for us to live within our means, we must have better governance, more transparency in the way we do our businesses and above all, they have been calling for hope for their future. I look at myself when I was at their age and I remember being involved in the multiparty democracy and doing the protests then, and even for the change of our Constitution in 2010.There is nothing wrong for a generation to create their space. The only problem is that, at this time in our economy, we are a country that is faced with very serious issues. The protests that have been there… Like yesterday, our airport was not operating and our businesses were not running properly, thus taking this country even further down. But as a House, we are here to give hope and set the right footings for developing this nation. I do not want to repeat what has been said here, but I know from my engineering point of view that if we do not create employment in this country, then we have no hope for our youth. There are people or certain institutions in this country that think it is so important and fashionable to get things from outside the country, rather than try to invest in doing business in this country. We have created work for China and many other countries. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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