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    "id": 789345,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/789345/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2611,
        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "In Kisii County, where more than 1,000 people live in a square kilometre, where are we going to get land to grow sugarcane to supply to the factory in order to sustain and make it profitable? I would have imagined that the natural inclination of the county government would have been to get private companies that are willing to partner with us to start a banana factory in Kisii. That would help us because it is our natural market. Even on the fences, we grow bananas. In fact, they grow naturally with minimal effort. That would have been a priority, but because of vested interests, our county government gets its priorities wrong. I hope the passage of this Bill will bring changes which will enhance the quality of our people’s lives. We have challenges in the country and one of them is that our people have not been educated. The Bible says that “my people are perishing for lack of knowledge”. My people are perishing for lack of information. When people do not have information, they are bound to make wrong decisions. That is why we are calling on county governments to be strengthened by oversight through enhanced legislation to ensure that we are getting value for money."
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