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    "id": 414938,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/414938/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2072,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Today we have the issue of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), amongst others. These are issues we need to address so that procurement can be done properly for the benefit of Kenyans generally. Look at the opportunities that we create every day, there is also a section of people who are being sidelined. These are the men. We talk of the youth and the women all the time. I tend to wonder whether men have ceased to exist. Looking at the Uwezo Fund, you find that most of the people in the boda boda industry have probably surpassed the 35-year age limit. They also have a right to be given an opportunity to contribute to wealth creation in this country. So, even as we propagate for the youth and women, sooner or later, we need to have a special fund for disadvantaged men. They constitute a great percentage of men. The men who have the means and those who hold high positions do not constitute even 10 per cent of the total population of men. We have about 90 per cent of the men not being accorded the opportunity to prove their worth in this nation. Talking of opportunities, we also have institutions which have skewed ways of tendering. I am talking about tenders being given to outsiders, and not benefiting the Kenyan people. Jobs that can be done by Kenyans are given to foreigners. Talking of domestication or devolution of such benefits, where I come from, 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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