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    "id": 812689,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/812689/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to support Sen. Sakaja’s Statement. It is becoming difficult to get jobs in Kenya and we know that our youths do not have jobs. It is common knowledge that Chinese companies in Kenya are taking prisoners from China to come and work for them here for free. Therefore, these companies cannot compete with local contractors because they are not paying for labour, because they are using their prisoners. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that we start creating jobs in Kenya whichever way we can to ensure that our youth get jobs. We are sitting on a time bomb because our youth are graduating from our universities and are unemployed, yet we are giving the few available jobs to the Chinese. We know that their cost of building roads is less than those of local contractors. This is only because they are not paying for labour. It is time we started thinking of our local contractors. Yes, we know that at some stage in time, they did not perform and they used to delay construction of roads. However, it is time we started thinking of our local contractors because there is nothing they lack. They have the right education, the machinery and everything else it takes to build roads. By now, they must have known that they can lose their jobs because of not being serious on their jobs. We should, therefore, embark on giving our people contracts and ensure that our youth are employed by the local contractors. Madam Temporary Speaker, theft by servant in China attracts a death sentence by hanging. Their law is such that those found guilty are to hang until they die. If they have such strict laws, why should we allow them to bring prisoners to Kenya to work in the construction of roads?"
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