{"id":924893,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/924893/?format=json","text_counter":179,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kwanza, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi","speaker":{"id":2065,"legal_name":"Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi","slug":"ferdinard-kevin-wanyonyi"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. At the outset, I want to thank Hon. John Waluke, the Member for Sirisia, for coming up with the Motion, which I think was not unexpected. Trade deficit in this country is regrettable because of our own making. I am saying this because I have been here all these years and I saw this coming because of our own undoing. We used to have a slogan which you and I know: Buy Kenya Build Kenya . It was very popular. We even set up a brands authority where we were promoting our own products."}