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    "id": 1023991,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1023991/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 398,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " No. I said I had not received a response to my request for a statement. I was about to explain when you said that we should listen to him. I have communicated with him. However, in our last meeting, he explained to me that he was not able to request the CS to come to the Committee. Nevertheless, he would do that in order to raise that issue with the Committee and that they would do it on 28th July. That was the last communication I received from the Committee. This particular request has already been overtaken by events. On 6th July, His Excellency the President gave directives to lift the ban on the importation of mitumba . He instructed the Cabinet Secretaries for Industry, Trade and Cooperative and Health to establish protocols for the resumption of the importation and sale of second-hand clothes. At the same time, in a letter to the Mitumba Association of Kenya on 2nd July, the CS for Health declared that there was no medical evidence to support the claim that mitumba posed a related health risk to the general public. The letter was also copied to the CS for Industry, Trade and Cooperative. To date, the CS for Industry, Trade and Cooperative has not taken any action to restart the importation of mitumba nor has she or any of her officers met with the key stakeholders of this important trade sector to discuss and agree on the modalities of the resumption of the importation. As you are aware, this trade provides an economic lifeline to millions of Kenyans. It also generates millions of shillings in tax revenue for the Government. Already the ban has pushed many Kenyans to the margins of unemployment and poverty. Even when the Ministry gives the go ahead, it will take a minimum of eight to 10 weeks to bring in and clear the first consignment. I would have thought that in these challenging times, a trade so crucial to our economy would be given the urgency and importance it deserves. I am asking for action on the part of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperative. I am greatly concerned about this long and unnecessary delay."
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