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    "id": 1049060,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049060/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for your indulgence and having allowed the Hon. Majority Whip to ask the Question on my behalf. I am panting because I have come running from the gate due to traffic. I beg to ask Question No.015/2021 to the Cabinet Secretary for Trade, Industry and Co- operatives. (i) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that, as a result of Government policy, the prices of raw hides and skins from our local abattoirs have greatly declined thus negatively impacting the livelihoods of thousands of people? (ii) Why does the Government allow the importation of raw hides and skins from neighbouring countries while, at the same time, stopping Kenyan traders from exporting the same raw hides and skins as was the case before? (iii) Why did the Government ban exportation of unprocessed skins and hides from Kenya and yet, it does not provide facilities for value addition and processing of raw hides, and within what timelines shall this ban be lifted? (iv) Why has the Government failed to complete the construction of the Kenanie Leather Processing plant in Athi River, and what plans are there to complete this facility and other similar ones across the country? (v) How will the Government enable Kenyans and particularly operators of abattoirs in Ruai and Dagoretti to access markets that fetch good pricing for their hides and to address declining prices of hides and skins in the country? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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