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    "id": 255747,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/255747/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Awori",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moody Arthur Awori",
        "slug": "moody-awori"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the Government has created an enabling environment that has attracted investments in this country. We know that right now, our stock exchange is extremely vibrant. It is helping even ordinary people to invest their savings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we still have a lot of challenges ahead of us. When the economy grows, its benefits should flow all the way down to our people at the grassroots. While we say that the economy has grown by 4.6 per cent, urban areas tend to benefit more than the rural areas. Unemployment is still fairly high. In spite of that, I believe that we are on the right track. During the period, I know the economy should have grown at a higher rate. However, the vagaries of weather brought about drought in the country. That created a problem whereby nearly 3.3 million Kenyans lacked food. I am, however, happy to say that the Government response to that has been very credible. Mr. Speaker, Sir, only recently, we created a Ministry of Youth which is headed by a Minister who is a young person. We did that because of the realisation that a great proportion of our people are the youth. Nearly 70 per cent of our population is composed of young people. I am looking forward to see a youth policy in this country. We can debate it and make sure that the youth are taken care of. The youth should not be considered as the leaders of tomorrow. They should be leaders of today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in spite of everything that has been written in the media, the fight against corruption continues. There are structures in place to deal with that scourge. As the President mentioned---"
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