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    "id": 394007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want the Secretary-General of FORD(K) and his colleague to listen to me because I am about to issue a Statement sought by hon. Chris Wamalwa on the visit to China by His Excellency the President and his delegation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this delegation included the private sector, that is top executives from the hospitality, banking, finance, mining, transport, and agricultural sectors. They were led by the national Chairman of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We had key Government officials in that delegation; they included the Cabinet Secretaries for National Treasury, Foreign Affairs, Mining, Energy, Interior and Coordination of National Government, Transport and Infrastructure and Environment. There were also governors, including the Governor for Nairobi. Also accompanying the President were hon. Members of Parliament of the National Assembly and hon. Senators. His Excellency the President made a State visit to the People’s Republic of China from 18th to 23rd August, 2013. During that visit a number of MOUs and agreements were concluded between the two governments. Specific to the request by hon. Chris Wamalwa, the funds agreed upon were between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Kenya. In this regard, the facilities were a mixed basket in form of grant and loans, as I will outline shortly. First, the Government of the People’s Republic of China agreed to provide the Government of Kenya with a grant of approximately Kshs1,420,000,000. This grant shall be utilized to fund projects to be agreed upon through consultations between the two governments. The specific matter shall be stipulated in agreement to be subsequently The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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