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    "id": 895119,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/895119/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what we have seen is a situation where people like David Munyakei, an individual who fought corruption at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) – where more than Kshs60 billion was stolen through the Goldenberg scandal to export gold that was non-existent – died a poor man. I am glad H.E the President recognized a gentleman who has done wonders by inventing gloves that can interpret sign language into audible voice for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) and, in this case, the deaf. If we are to allow fair and stiff competition; if we are to level the ground the way our country has moved 13 places in terms of the ease of doing business, it would mean that we would be able to get innovative ideas that can transform our economy and make it robust. Consequently, this will create jobs for our youth and provide food and money in the pockets of Kenyans. In a situation where entrepreneurs can only get tenders because they know who is who, it is a great disincentive to innovation and invention. It means that you do not need to work hard and think through your brains. Maybe you need some „cup of coffee‟ for a Kenyan. However, it means that people will only survive based on what regime is in power, especially if it is predicated upon by the ease of political mobilization in the name of tribe. All one then needs to do is to whip up the emotions of natality, and then people will identify based on their ethnic backgrounds. If you use that, therefore, to distribute national resources and to populate institutions that are supposed to safeguard the independence of the three arms of Government – and the fourth arm, that has since gone into slumber, called the constitutional commissions – it then means that we do not benefit from competitiveness. That way, we are able to suppress good ideas that, if they were to be given a chance, would uplift our country. That is why, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are seeing that if the growth of our economy is at 6.3 per cent, it is not percolating down to the masses. It is well corroborated that if you have 14.8 million Kenyans under the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contributing to only 28 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it means that the formal economy is giving you 62 per cent. However, the question would be: How many are employed under the 62 per cent? My calculation gives me about three million only."
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