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    "speaker_name": "July 23rd, 2015 SENATE DEBATES 42 Sen. Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to take this time to thank Sen. Orengo for bringing this important Motion and for the way he moved it and articulated issues with regard to the visit by the President of America. I think this is also a very important week for us as a country. We also had the First Ladies of Africa coming for a conference which was discussing issues to do with health; Stop Cervical, Breast and Prostate Cancer in Africa. I think this is just a culmination this week with President Obama visiting Kenya. I would like to disagree with Sen. Wetangula that the Jubilee Government does not have a foreign policy. It is important to appreciate the work the CS for Foreign Affairs has been doing. We have seen it in various fronts. It is also important because it has also created a good opportunity to spruce up the Nairobi City. We have seen a lot of work going on. We have even seen grass having to grow in three days. Most importantly, this has given Kenyans time to humour ourselves about all the development that we would love to see especially with regard to development of our capital city. We hope that this development will continue even after President Obama leaves our country. We should make it a habit, culture and norm to keep our cities and towns clean. We should do the refurbishment and maintenance more often. Those who are charged with that responsibility should do it as an everyday thing so that grass does not have to grow in three days. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also would like to say that this is a great opportunity for us as a country because the wait was worthwhile. We are going to wait for what the bilateral talks are going to bring out – the goodies he has – but also more importantly, the summit which is going on – The Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). This is coming at a time when the Jubilee Government has given opportunity to young people, women and people with disability to open up. There is the 30 per cent of procurement in every Government institution being given to these groups. We have also seen the Uwezo Fund and the Youth Enterprise Fund. I think it is a great time for our young people who are the hub of innovation to interact with the businessmen who will be coming with President Obama. I hope that as a country, we will take stock of what we can do to continue to advance and to promote entrepreneurship among our people in terms of education and curricular so that we can bring out people who are innovative and can be employers because we know the challenge of unemployment in our country. It would also be important to consider issues of corruption which have been a bottleneck for young people and everyone who would like to do business. There is the red tape for people who would like to do business and to go into entrepreneurship. I think it is time for us to take stock of all these matters so that we can grow our economy and provide opportunities for the young people engaged in entrepreneurship. Madam Temporary Speaker, it has been stated and I cannot even belabor it, that we are facing great challenges of insecurity as a nation. This is time to take stock as a country on issues of insecurity which we all agree - especially with regard to terrorism - that it is a global issue. We have to look at it in the context of a nation. How do we handle it and ensure that normalcy is restored in parts of this country like the northern region? It is unfortunate that there are schools which are still closed and I know that it The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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