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    "id": 350648,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/350648/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Maweu",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kangundo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1727,
        "legal_name": "Maweu Kyengo Katatha",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, let me touch on various issues in the President’s Address. Although the Address of the President was acceptable, there are areas which I would want to talk about. Our country will not move from where it is if the President and all the leaders will not work tirelessly to curb corruption and impunity. Previous governments have talked about curbing corruption and impunity but, unfortunately, that has not been done. There is no economy in the world which can grow if its leaders do not think about the two aspects I have talked about. Kenya is among the countries in the world where corruption is the order of the day. It has even graduated into a culture. I would have liked the President to have talked about curbing corruption from his office and then going down to the last person who serves this country. It is very unfortunate that we talk about doing some things and do them in different ways. Let me talk about something else the President talked about. We have talked about agriculture. When you look at areas like Machakos County where the only cash crop we have is coffee, you will be disappointed to hear that last year the price of coffee was the worst in the country. There is no other cash crop which can earn us foreign currency in this country apart from coffee. So, I would urge the President that instead of engaging in hypocrisy, he should come out strongly and make sure that coffee farmers get what they are supposed to get. I would"
}