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    "id": 358520,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358520/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Let me now address myself to this Motion. Kenya’s economy is to a large extent agro-based. Our industrialization, to a large extent, is going to be based on agro-industry. The huge unemployment that our youths face is to a large extent as a result of how we use land, particularly how we grow our agro-industry. We have decided, as a nation, that we are going to have a devolved system and counties. There is no doubt that the counties will need a lot of resources. Already, many governors are lamenting that they may not have enough resources. I, therefore, support any move that will help the counties to get resources and raise their own funds. However, we also know that a lot of these parastatals are not very productive now, or commercially viable, and the Motion indicates that they have a lot of liabilities. It is therefore, my view that before we transfer these parastatals, it would be wise to have all of them evaluated as to commercial viability before we transfer them to the counties. Only those that are found to be commercially viable can then be transferred after all the liabilities have been settled by the Government."
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