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    "id": 381445,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I said that I am talking as a businessman. Before I move to invest Kshs10, the first thing I ensure is that there is profit. I am talking as a businessman. This money should be given to the NYS because they do not look at profits. When this money is given to the Chinese Government, it is taken out. They must take money where they come from. You must take your money back home where you come from. If this money was to be used by a Government institution, the 40 per cent would employ more Kenyans and the entire Kshs30 billion would be retained in this country. There is no other way of creating jobs in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are now talking about irrigating one million acres, but the Government does not have structures to do the same. They intend to invite foreign and private investors. If proper measures were put in place to irrigate the one million acres, considering that we have young people who need jobs that would have created more than one million jobs. If you engage one person per acre, one million acres will create one million jobs. There will be plenty of food produced and the price of essential commodities will come down. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion is very important and since the Chief Whip who moved it comes from the Jubilee Government, it is my sincere hope that she will move and tell the President: “We have done this and this is what we want you to do. Commission this now and forget about spending our money on private investors and contractors. The Government contracts should be given to young people.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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