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    "id": 509247,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509247/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1915,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "you look for investors to invest in your constituency, the youth will be employed, the economy of that area will grow and the Government will be able to collect the revenue and that revenue then will be used to repay the loan. If we fear borrowing, we will not grow the economy. We must grow the economy so that youths get employment. Once the infrastructure development starts, the youth will be employed by the contractors who are building. About 130,000 vacancies for employment will be available when the Standard Gauge Railway project fully starts. In the long run, the cost of transportation will be very low and most of the investors will start moving in. We want to look at a situation where investors from Ethiopia and Egypt will be coming the country. You realise that for a long time, our country has been rated a high cost area, but many companies have been hovering around. They move out and come back; a good example is Unilever. They have been shifting production to Egypt and then they bring it back. They have also shifted production from South Africa and brought it to Nairobi. Many companies have been trying to move, but they like Kenya. Unless we make radical changes to the way we operate, we will not grow. I thank the Jubilee Government for its good plan that in the next five years, the country will be different. I urge this House to support this. This will open up the minds of the Government to think broadly rather than being choked because there is no way of getting more funding. I beg to support."
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