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    "id": 334929,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/334929/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this brief moment to support this very crucial Bill in the life of our country. Let me start by thanking the Mover of this Motion, Mr. Kioni who found time to compile and compose this Bill. This Bill is very important because I recall that when I was a headmaster way back in the 1970s, I used to grow pyrethrum in my school. My pupils would learn farming skills and even the impact of this product. We would realize a lot of cash from this crop and inject the money to developing my school. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, pyrethrum is a crop that has benefitted largely people from my constituency, Lari. I recall the semi-arid area of the escarpment, Gitithia and even Mbao-ini; these areas heavily benefitted from this crop. Therefore, this Bill is very important and more cash should be injected into this sector. If this is done, more employment will be created for our youth and security will be enhanced in this country. You realize that recently there have been a lot of kidnappings in this country and you do not see old people kidnapping fellow Kenyans. These kidnappings are done by young people who are hopeless and have no jobs. Therefore, revitilizing this sector will"
}