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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hold a completely different view and these are not my words. At our last Committee visit - I cannot remember which Committee it was - we visited the Kenyan Consulate in the UAE. These are the concerns that the Kenyan officials were raising with us as leaders of this country. They were wondering what is it that we, as a people in leadership, are doing about the imbalance of trade between us and them. Those things that you have said are true, but I have told you the standards that they have set for our goods or mangoes that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. quoted, is found to have even a simple natural defect, the whole fleet is sent back. Go to Jomo Kenyatta Airport and ask people who do exports of goods to UAE; they have an experience with them. It will be important when these officials come that Sen. Moses Wetangula and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. listen to the challenges that they continue to face. However, that is not to say that we should renege on the agreements that we had. I challenge them that on that particular day when they come, let the two of them be in this House so that we listen to the facts as they are presented before us. I agree with them that, indeed, Kenya deserves better from what we receive from our trade partners. This is not the only country. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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