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    "id": 370307,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/370307/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Lay",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1022,
        "legal_name": "Joyce Wanjalah Lay",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion and congratulate my namesake, hon. Dr. Joyce Laboso for bringing this Motion. We cannot go ahead and sign the EPAs given the condition they are in. We have to look at how they are going to affect our economy. Most times we sign these agreements only for them to hurt our economy. The Government has promised and is putting effort to grow our economy in the next five years. So, signing these agreements will hurt our economy. We also need to focus on how to manufacture. We need to focus on industrialization. It is the only way we will provide employment for our people. With regard to agriculture, we need to put more efforts there. That way, we will avoid imposing tax on small things like unga . In Africa, we have the potential. There is a lot we can do with our raw material instead of exporting them. It is high time we focused on manufacturing and industrialization in order to create employment. I beg to support."
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