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    "id": 349532,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349532/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyammo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 117,
        "legal_name": "Francis Thombe Nyammo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill and commend the Minister for doing a great job. At one stage, I remember asking him, “Who is the finance man? Is it the lawyer or is it me?” He wins because he is now behaving like a finance man. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are areas where the Minister could have provided better than he has. Recently, we passed a Bill here on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We have prided ourselves by saying that SMEs provide about 80 per cent of our employment and contribute to the Gross National Product (GNP) anything between 18 per cent and 22 per cent. I feel sorry that under the Ministry of Trade where the Bill was domiciled, there is no provision for implementing that Bill. If that Bill is well implemented – I urge the Minister to provide for it – it will revolutionize the countryside. If we cascade that Bill to the county governments with the requirements that they provide sheds for SMEs, they will then create employment at a very low cost. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those are budding manufacturers. I feel sorry that we killed the Kenya Industrial Estates (KIEs) of this world. We know that KIE was the nursery of our upcoming manufacturers. If this Bill is implemented, it will increase the number of manufacturers greatly, widely and cheaply. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
}