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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/229035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ahenda",
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        "legal_name": "Paddy Ahenda",
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    "content": "You can see the way they are laughing. They are enjoying that money. Mr Speaker, Sir, on foreign direct investments, this is the only Presidential Speech which never touched anything on our foreign policy. I do not know whether the Kenyan Government is still using the wait-and-see foreign policy to date. Otherwise, the President ought to have captured our foreign policy in his Speech. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the communications sector, the airtime rate charged is still too high. The sooner the Government brings it down to benefit Kenyans, the better. I must also thank the President for the eloquent manner in which he enumerated how the fishing industry is employing over 600,000 people. I think that is one of the biggest employers in this country. However, the Government has invested nothing in the fishing industry. If the Government knows this sector employs 600,000 people as it has been said in this Speech, then it should direct more of its resources there so that they can create more employment opportunities for our people. The fishing industry is a very big industry not only in Kenya, but the world over. Kenyan fish is eaten all over the world. Therefore, the Government should actually channel more of its resources into this industry. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I happened to have attended the launch of the Vision 2030 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). However, the people who were in the podium launching it were between the ages of 60 and 80. These are people with no vision for 2030 since they will not be there 30 years from now. Therefore, they know nothing about any vision. Why do they not be honest for heaven's sake and leave it to the people who have a vision for this country?"
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