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    "id": 978231,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/978231/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "At Independence, we had people in this country like Hon. Tom Joseph Mboya who, as a young person, shook the pillars of this country. Everybody knew him. He was barely 26 years but the country listened to him. We had Hon. Kenneth Matiba who was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education when he was 29 years old. I know that we are quoting Prime Ministers of other countries who are young. However, look at this country. There are people in this country who succeeded to push the economic agenda of this country when they were very young. They did not do that because special seats or things were created for them. However, there was an equal opportunity for them to pursue their dreams. They succeeded. Every time there is a problem to access opportunities in this country today, we create them through affirmative action. We have young people in this country who came to this Parliament. Hon. Mohamed Ali, Member for Nyali, came to this Parliament as a young person. He fought his battle and managed to come here. Hon. Babu Owino came here as an elected Member. We need to create an equal playing field without falling back to affirmative action and creation of positions for people all the time."
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