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    "id": 441644,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "this Report - for the Jubilee Government to use, and by extension the people of Kenya, that Centre to join the league of big boys and girls of the world. We are at the moment on the throes of re-basing our economy. But that alone is not enough. We all know that space has now become the playground for countries that matter in the world. Kenya has no choice but to use this resource which is a Kenyan resource; built on Kenyan soil, using Kenyan air space, to join the big boys in the quest for the conquest of space. Kenya cannot afford to be indifferent by standards if it wants to play in the great league in geopolitics. Kenya must now not only start actively pursuing satellite technology but, as a country, we must start seriously thinking about launching our own rockets into space. It has been done before and there is no reason why we cannot do it again. As has been said in the recommendations, which have been very eloquently espoused by the Leader of the Majority Party and my friend and colleague in the distinguished profession of engineering, Hon. (Eng.) Rege, let us adopt these recommendations. But, fundamentally, that Centre must revert to the Government of Kenya. That Centre must transfer its benefits to the people of Kenya. Not only that but, as a House, as a country, we must demand a complete and detailed audit of how much that Centre has raised for over 50 years and why the Italian Government cannot transfer those benefits for the benefit of our own people. More seriously, take care of the neighbourhood of Ngomeni which, in my view - and hon. Kombe can bear me witness - remains one of the poorest places in Kenya. It is unacceptable. As a start, San Marco Space must go out of its way to improve the livelihoods of our brothers and sisters in Ngomeni. I beg to support."
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