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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Yes, it is! It has been used. Kenya has launched rockets from its own landscape using this Centre. Most Kenyans do not know that. This is a fact. It is on record; it is on the ground. The Leader of the Majority Party has spoken about the obligations of the Italian Government, which they have not discharged at all. I think that going forward, the Government of Kenya must also deal with what clearly appears, in my view, to be professional apartheid. The Kenyans at that Centre with the same qualifications as the Italians earn about a tenth of what the Italians in that Centre earn. This is a fact. They are miserable. They are crying out for help. This House has a duty to help Kenyans who are working in that Centre. I want to conclude by saying this: We need to be bold as a country. That is because countries that have succeeded succeed through being bold. Like I said yesterday, I want to repeat the universal truth. It is said, remember no more effort is required to aim high in life; to demand abundance and prosperity than is required to accept misery and poverty. The long form of that statement is--- If you allow me, I will read for the benefit of hon. Members. It goes like this: “I bargained with life for a penny and life would pay no more. However, I begged at evening when I counted my scanty store for life is a just employer. He gives you what you ask but once you set the wages, my brother, my sister, why, you must accept the task.” Why am I saying this? It is an opportunity - as we debate 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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