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    "id": 1105363,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, I am aware that the Committee did not meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Therefore, to purport to be hiding behind Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is, indeed, unsatisfactory. It points to the key things that we should address. I expected the Chairperson and the Committee together with the Ministry to address the hurdles stopping Kenyan businesspeople from accessing the Chinese market and travelling to China. Once the Chair tables the Statement, Members will be able to see that there is a contention that this is the way it is around the world. The Committee oversees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and there is what Hon. Katoo calls reciprocity in relations between countries. It is on issues that touch on trade and even in relations between countries. It is not fair and it is very insensitive for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be telling us that this is what is happening around the world but at the same time tabling documents here showing slightly above 3,548 Chinese nationals who have accessed our country. They do businesses in this country and ship goods from China into our economy while only 200 Kenyans have travelled back to China in the last one year. If it is reciprocity that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is speaking about, then there must be fairness and equity. If it is Covid-19 protocols, we must reciprocate to the People's Republic of China on how they treat Kenyan nationals. Their own nationals must get the same treatment in this country. Otherwise, we are encouraging this country and making our people look like a colony of the People's Republic of China. Kenya is a sovereign State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and this Government must be at the forefront in protecting the interests of Kenyans and not Chinese nationals and their businesses."
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