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    "id": 599282,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/599282/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 93,
        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very sad story. In the 1970s, Kenya used to produce 90 per cent of its shoes and only import 10 per cent. In 2015, Kenya is importing 90 per cent of its shoes and only producing 10 per cent. This is one sector which is terribly underdeveloped and growing backwards. We should be ashamed as a Government to talk of a leather policy which does not move the industry forward. I had an occasion where I met both the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and members of the Kenya Leather Development Council (KLDC) in our Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. What shocked us was that during this financial year, the Council has been allocated only Kshs3 million in the national Budget. We are talking about creating a leather city. How can we create a leather city with only Kshs3 million? We would like the Vice Chairperson to tell us whether that allocation to the KLDC has been reviewed and increased or whether we are still talking of Kshs3 million."
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