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    "id": 737882,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/737882/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Munene",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Wambui Munene",
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    "content": "We know we have so many industries, but they are failing. However, that is not to say the Government is not doing anything; the Government is doing everything to help our industries. An example is the sugar industry where the Government has paid a lot of money to rescue a number of factories. It is sad that there are individuals who are just out to make the Government fail. We should deal with those individuals. We need to have more industries in this country so that our youth can get jobs. This is not a matter to be politicised. I am 100 per cent sure that on 9th August, the Jubilee Government will be sitting in power and so, we will not have any problem. We hope the people who are campaigning will do so in a peaceful way. We do not want to have any chaos or bloodshed in this country. We know we used to have many industries like Rivatex, where I used to get materials to make clothes. The textile industry used to employ so many people in this country. I ask our Government to open up small industries in every corner of this country. Instead of buying leather from outside this country, we need to focus on our livestock industry. We can get hides and skins in this country for making leather. That means we can open shoe factories. We can buy our own instead of importing things which are irrelevant in this country. The Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) is doing a good job because it is employing so many people. If you go to the market, you will get KCC fresh milk and KCC yoghurt. Our country needs to feed itself adequately. I support this Bill, but I just want to say one thing about what my colleague has said. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. I was part of the team that was in Mombasa to discuss how we can get cheaper maize flour. The Government sat down and discussed the plight of the ordinary Kenyan who does not have anything to eat. That is an important thing for the Government to do; that is, to think of where we can get food quickly for our people. As a mother, when you do not have food in your house and your children are crying, what do you do? You must go and find out where you can get food to feed your children. The Government has not done any wrong to import maize! It is proper that our country gets food. Personally, I can get Kshs200 to buy what I want. The ordinary"
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