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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I keep wondering whether we are really serious. During the El Nino period, we got a lot of food surplus in Ukambani. I do not want to go into the issue of the first President. He swore in front of Kenyans that never again would Kenyans go hungry and he brought the Guaranteed Minimum Returns (GMR). In the following year, we all remember the Standard newspaper carrying a headline indicating that Kenya had a bumper harvest. Can we go back to those policies? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a big issue with the youth. I expected more money to be allocated to them. Let me say again that it is very clear in my mind that unless this country goes the route of cottage industries, we will never come out of doldrums. We need to encourage our ordinary youth by giving them substantial amounts of money to start cottage industries. Unless we do that, this country is sitting on a time bomb. There are so many youth who are unemployed in this country. So, I expected, once again, the Budget to be more concerned and to do more in creating a real fund for the youth. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, once again, this country is putting more money into recurrent expenditure. Unless we change, we are in for big trouble. The only thing that will make it change is if we encourage Kenyans to go and initiate simple projects and carry them out. We should not be in a situation where all the laws in this country are bend towards discouraging and treating Kenyans unfairly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am looking up to this Government to come up with policies meant to encourage Kenya to be more productive. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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