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    "id": 895378,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "not ask us. In the same us, show us, get rid of it. Kenyans are suffering. They are feeling that their personal lack of opportunities is because of a corrupt few. Fire them and let the justice system go on when they are outside your Government. Do not sit in the cabinet with people you know have stolen from Kenyans. Do not hire parastatal heads that you know have stolen from Kenyans. Do not do it Mr. President – I am sure he is listening. You cannot do the same thing the same way and expect different results. It is high time we upped the ante in the fight against corruption. On the economy, the President said the state is good. He says that when you look at the numbers but when you look at the actual lives of Kenyans, they are feeling the pain. This country has been at war with its SMEs. We need to change that narrative. The other day we had small traders from Nairobi – Nyamakima and Kamukunji – who asked why the national Government is only sitting with KEPSA – the blue collar and white collar business people yet the bulk of our economy is driven by SMEs. Every day, they are being chased left, right and centre in this city in the name of dealing with counterfeits. How do you tell somebody that they are selling a counterfeit vuvuzela? What is the original vuvuzela ? Surely, a counterfeit duvet; but you are protecting big businesspersons at the expense of Kenyans, our young people. Every day, our small traders are being harassed. We look at them as a scourge that needs to be dealt with. The other day, a governor was driving by and insulting them yet they are the backbone of our economy – our mama mbogas . The same governor is supposed to be providing space, opportunities and sheds for them to ply their trade. We would not develop if we only think about the big person in this country. The small person, the ordinary mwananchi want someone to fight for them and I believe that is will be this House."
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