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    "id": 351252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/351252/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mr. Nyenze",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "So, listen to this. I do not want to be drawn into that kind of argument but CORD built very many people and some ran away at the hour of need. I will not talk about that. Let us concentrate on the debate on the Presidential Address. On whether we lost or won, some people win and they are robbed of victory. However, let us move on with this debate. I have also seen the National Rotary Scheme that the President says will generate income to promote sports. That scheme will not generate enough income to build stadia in all the counties. The global economy is slowing down as you may have noticed and Kenya is not spared. We want the lives of Kenyans who sleep hungry, some walk to work, those who are lucky to have a job, and our idle youth to get something to live on. People are suffering. These ideas are very ambitious and they were campaign ideas. Let us get into reality. People want food, employment opportunities and security so that they are secure wherever they are. If we start with the basic things, we will go very far. On food production and food security, a lot of money has been pumped into irrigation but you will find that when people in Tana and western Kenya grow food crops, the National Cereals and Produce Board does not buy them or if it buys, then it buys at very low costs. Today, we are talking about food security and yet top dressing fertilizer has not arrived. This is the case and yet the rains are about to end. What about food security? Let us make sure that whatever we say or whatever the President says is implemented. We are not attacking the Presidential Address, but we are only trying to fine-tune it so that it is---"
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