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    "id": 509222,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509222/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 95,
        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, to be in a Parliament where we are finally in a position more than 100 years later to talk about the Standard Gauge Railway, that we know will change this country, is not a matter that we ought to take lightly. What is more? We have a youth bulge which we all know. It is important to remind ourselves that 50 per cent of our population today is below 18 years old. Unless we invest for these young people, build human capital by educating them; borrow cheaper money and retire expensive money for their sake, we shall be passing generational problems and challenges. I would rather we borrow cheaper money, invest it, retire expensive money and use it well for the sake of generations to come. We have a serious problem of unemployment and under- employment, especially among our youth which we know. I remember an event that has stood in my mind for some time now, when we were doing the elections of the CDF Committees. I attended one area in my own constituency where we needed one slot in Makima Ward. I looked where we met and I saw more than 1,000 young people jostling and fighting for one slot"
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