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    "id": 950022,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950022/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me just start by talking about the sins – let me call them ‘obvious sins’ that have been witnessed in this country – where traders are chased by askaris. They have to run with their wares, others have been trampled on, and their children have fallen down and been injured. It is as if it is a crime to earn a living. I think this is what this Bill tries to address; in showing that there is order in that sector. This is because one way or another, we are about 98 per cent of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which are doing businesses in this country; contributing about 30 per cent of jobs and 3 per cent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is, therefore, a very critical group. These small-scale industries create employment for many Kenyans. They also create self-employment, which is the direction I think we are taking, considering what has happened in our education sector, where we are encouraging young people to move more towards self-employment. Inadvertently, the SMEs actually contribute to economic growth on these employment opportunities, which are key. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, let me congratulate Sen. Kibiru and the Standing Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization, for working on this very important Bill. This Bill has been on the stakes, getting prepared for quite a bit of time. I know that a lot public participation has gone into this Bill, discussing with stakeholders. This was to ensure that this Bill can actually be brought, processed and passed in this House so that we can create the order that is important within this sector."
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