{"id":358670,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358670/?format=json","text_counter":335,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kimaru","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2072,"legal_name":"Anthony Mutahi Kimaru","slug":"anthony-mutahi-kimaru"},"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, I totally support the spirit of this Motion but unfortunately in the form that it in, I reluctantly oppose it. The idea of decentralizing most of these parastatals is noble and I am surprised when many of us say that these parastatals at the local level cannot function. If you were to ask me, these are going concerns; they are businesses that can be conducted profitably and we have seen it all over. We have coffee co-operatives at the local level functioning properly and succeeding. I do not see why a sugar factory, where the local people are producing cane and there is infrastructure in place, should not succeed. I support the spirit that it is possible to decentralize them and still make them functional. My idea is that these"}