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    "id": 705476,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/705476/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Chege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiragu Chege",
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    "content": "We have people importing hospital beds and the ones we use ourselves. There is a luxury level that Kenyans have taken and that kind is difficult to be supported by an economy like ours. No wonder we have shifted the very good technical colleges to universities. We used to have the likes of Kenya Polytechnic which now offers degrees other than produce technicians and artisans that we require. Those skills are important for supporting this economy. Somehow, there are people who have thought that maybe the best way to make this country not to move is by making sure that we only appreciate degrees and not the other skills. As I speak, we have the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project. It is a major project for this country and we have waited for 100 years. The good thing is that for the first time we have SGR. The SGR will enable us get locomotive wagons and couches like all the other countries without people making special equipment for this country. It has been difficult for us to procure special equipment to service our one metre gauge railway. The challenge for us as we go forward is how we will sustain that railway system in producing spares and making sure maintenance is done properly. We need to come up with innovations; we need people to do research be it at the universities or the private sector. We must be the people to challenge the best in this world by making sure we support our own. My plea in this area is that as Members of Parliament, we should continue charting the way forward for this nation. Kenyans are known to be good – they have what it takes but the only thing that we need to do is to make sure that we support them in every aspect and make sure when we get a good idea; it is not killed but promoted. It does not matter who drives it but it is good for this nation. We all take it and we move with it. With those few words, I would like to support this Motion and hopefully, when it is finally concluded we will provide the way forward for lifting this country. Thank you."
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