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    "id": 509323,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509323/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "In looking at our Vision 2030 and its track this far, we need to be focusing more into engaging our youths, which number over 12 million. We cannot be heralding in a situation where we want to create dead stocks even in the position of Uwezo Fund and all these other initiatives. We need to think about where our demand is coming from. If we consistently put pressure on businesspeople by telling them that we are going to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) or taxation because that is the only way we are going to raise money for this nation, we will become more and more unfriendly. I heard a presentation yesterday where they were saying that Kenya prides itself as an economic giant of this region. But then we asked; “What is the point of pigmies comparing themselves; that one is taller than the other?” You know, that is not where we are. Kenya is a strong power house for the rest of Africa. Indeed, its position in the world should not be minimized by any measure. Thank you, hon. Speaker for according me that opportunity and I would like once again to reiterate that I will be opposing this Motion. Thank you."
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