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    "id": 197317,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muriithi",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Laikipia West",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 91,
        "legal_name": "Ndiritu Muriithi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development must move with haste to restore holding grounds, so that we can re-attain, as a nation, the disease-free status that allowed us to export our livestock. On the matter of youth and employment, I want to say that, in fact, when economists and people writing manifestos promised 300,000 jobs, they were not suggesting that we shall open up the doors of public sector employment. What they are saying is that we shall encourage the private sector to provide those jobs. It is for those reasons that we must embrace promoting investments at the local level. Without a doubt, every town and village in this great country has something to offer in terms of resources to be utilised by way of investments and, therefore, providing jobs. It is critical that, as we move to re-build Kenya, we restore the fundamental administrative systems upon which a modern economy can lie. For example, it is impossible in this day and age to find a physical place in Nairobi. I challenge any hon. Member to go and look for business in the Industrial Area or any residential place. It is impossible to describe where things happen physically and yet, in most countries, and even in this country, the whole idea of street addresses is something that we have lived through. Imagine, whenever you live in this City of Nairobi, trying to ring the emergency services to get to your house! Heavens forbid! You have to describe: \"You have to pass the kiosk near the big tree\", and so on--- As a modern state, we must restore street addresses. The Presidential Address spoke about infrastructure. I hope it is time that we moved with speed to open up a second transport corridor. The Ministry of Transport and others have been working on a plan to open up a second transport corridor linking Lamu to Isiolo, Marlalal, Turkana and Southern Sudan, as well as northern Ethiopia. It is my belief that, that very worthy project will open up great new frontiers for the economy of this country. So, I urge that we move with haste to open up the second transport corridor. With those many remarks, interrupted though they were, I beg to support."
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