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    "id": 197749,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kaloki",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kibwezi",
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        "legal_name": "Philip Kyalo Kaloki",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to first of all support the President's Address. My names are Prof. Philip Kaloki, Member of Parliament for Kibwezi. I would like to thank my people in Kibwezi for electing me for the first time to this House. I would like to say that I am humbled. I also thank the Speaker for appointing me to the Speakers Panel. I also thank this Parliament for being able to endorse me yesterday. I am going to work with you. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that the President's Address brought up a lot of issues. One thing that caught my attention is the provision of infrastructure. I would like to talk about water, because I come from Kibwezi, an area where after over 40 years of Independence, people are still struggling to find water, not only to drink but also for their farms and animals. I would like to say that for the next five years, if we are going to talk about employment for the entire region, water can provide a lot of irrigation. Since most of the youth are unemployed, more opportunities could be created to make sure that our people find jobs and engage in income- earning activities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as Members of this House, let us begin to work together and know that we have one country called Kenya. Let us know our brothers in the Coast, March 13, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 167 Central, Nyanza Provinces and other parts of this country. We know that the last two months were a trying moment. It was a difficult time for everyone of us in this country. So let us develop all these regions. Let us develop Kisumu. If you go to Kisumu you will find a lot of opportunities there. We can built beautiful hotels there. That is one of the areas which could create a lot of opportunities. We could also look at some other areas in this country, where there are enormous business opportunities. We should also try to bring peace to this country. We should begin in this House. We are going to attract a lot of foreign direct investments, which will be able to help this country in creating jobs. Lastly, I want to yield my time to Mr. Munyaka, the Member of Parliament for Machakos."
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