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    "id": 575120,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/575120/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to address myself to this Motion. I will cynically support this Policy Paper because as a country, we are very good at making policies but we do nothing with them. Our policy books are full. The shelves are full with policies made on each and every subject. People use our policies to develop their countries. We never utilise those policies in Kenya to develop our economy. There are no other shortcuts. If you want people to be employed, the economy must grow and the investment environment in this country must improve. As the economy expands, opportunities will emerge and people will get jobs. Even if we write many policies but we do not work on the environment to ensure that we create jobs here in Kenya, there is no way they will help us. I want to tackle one issue, which is corruption. Corruption is the biggest hindrance to employment in Kenya. Any foreign investor coming to this country has very many corruption hurdles to clear before he or she can start business in this country. This is a big problem. For us to employ Kenyans, we must make the environment friendly for foreign investors to come in, invest and pay proper wages. Once the investors settle in Kenya, we have the labour officers who are supposed to ensure compliance with wage policy in Kenya. These labour officers become The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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