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    "id": 573043,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "Our local entrepreneurs are challenged in terms of accessing capital. The level of capital that was represented at the GES was nearly in trillions of US Dollars. It was a statement and an opportunity for young people, entrepreneurs and the world to see that Kenya is now open for business. It also showed that Africa is now open for business. Even global business leaders and the President of the USA recognised our potential. Kenya has officially arrived amongst the community of nations. Kenya’s time in the sun has officially come. The visit also offered us an opportunity to learn some lessons on security. We learnt how to move around a head of state, and how to control a presidential delegation and secure it. Those are lessons that we must take on board because so often, many things are observed as being left to chance. We must learn from possibly one of the best security operations that we have ever seen in this country. We also learnt that we can have a discourse with a nation as powerful as the USA, on equal basis. There was no finger-wagging or talking down to Kenyans and their President. The two Heads of State engaged each other in a very sober and productive manner. They exchanged ideas and even agreed to disagree in many instances. There was an obvious respect for divergent views. On trade and investment, the only reason why the President of the USA supports this initiative is that President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and his Government is committed to the fight against corruption. American institutions and businesses are against environments where corruption reigns. Therefore, the visit by the President of the USA was an expression of a vote of confidence in the current Kenyan administration and the operating environment in this country. I also had the opportunity to meet President Obama. I actually passed the regards of the people of Tetu Constituency to him and he passed his regards back to the people of Tetu. I also had the opportunity to pass regards of the members of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations to him and he sent his regards back to all the Members of the Committee and the Members of the National Assembly. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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