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    "id": 358038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Julius Ndegwa Kariuki",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to first of all encourage my brother to draft some amendments to the Standing Orders instead of making all those pleas, so that they can be debated on the Floor of the House. I would like to support this Motion and I will start by saying that we, as the Jubilee Coalition, have promised to create employment for our youth. To achieve that means that we must invest in infrastructure. We have said that we want to turn this region, our country to be a logistics hub. We cannot achieve that if, in the investment of revenue that we have - we are under-investing in infrastructure - for example, our port, road network and railway. We also have to have serious elaborate investments in energy. You are also aware that we are trying to turn Nairobi into a hub. I do not think all that can be achieved by under- investing in some of the functions that have been left for the Central Government. In support of this Motion, I am suggesting that we should seriously think of how we can invest in the next ten years. For us to achieve Vision 2030, we have to seriously think of how to make energy affordable. We can sit here trying to make political statements. Maybe, you want to be seen by your constituents that you are talking about allocation of revenue. But what we need to know is to make sure that this country will grow by 10 per cent; consistently for ten years."
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