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    "id": 61790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/61790/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Wildlife and Forestry",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": "In the 2007/2008 Financial Year, tourism contributed 10 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 9 per cent of the total workforce. If you compare our figures with those of the United States and the United Kingdom, we are almost at par. In USA, they are 12.3 per cent and in the UK, 10.5 per cent. But with the passing of this Bill, we expect in three years time to double these figures. If we do that, it will also mean that we will create employment. If we were to double our GDP, obviously the services that will be required will bring in close to a million jobs. So, people do not realize how important tourism is until they start looking at these figures. I know the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance is quite aware of these developments."
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