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    "id": 974808,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/974808/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka-Nithi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Beatrice Nyaga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. The amendments are very important, particularly at this time when our economy is not doing very well. We are aware of that. The economy of any country cannot grow without business. For us to attract business from other countries, we particularly need to improve our technology. We need to improve our security, which is very important to business and even to the people of this country. We also need to have good roads and other infrastructure, including air transport and railway lines like the SGR that we have at the moment. We need to have all those in a very good shape so that we can improve or grow our economy. We need to create industries. We need to go back to manufacturing. Talking about manufacturing, I have in mind the industries that closed down some years back. I have in mind the KICOMI Industry, Mount Kenya Textiles, Webuye Paper Mills and the Bata Shoe Company, which is really struggling to survive at this time when we have mitumba shoes and very cheap shoes from other countries. We need to improve our laws so that we can sustain our economy. We need to have an environment that is friendly to business people from other countries. We have so many youths in this country who are loitering. They have nothing to do. They are not able to feed themselves. Young people are not able to sustain their families because they have nothing to do. Once we have friendly business laws, our youths will get employed. So many things in the country will improve. I am not sure if I heard the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security discussing this particular Bill. Today, when you read in the social media—I do not know whether it is true or not but it is important to mention—people are fighting in Mandera. That is the insecurity that we are talking about. We need to secure our country so that we can maintain and keep our business friends from other countries. I support the amendment Bill, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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