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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kang’ata",
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    "content": "The process of opening external markets has to involve our people in the diaspora. To involve our people in the diaspora, it means we should support this Bill. That way, the people in the diaspora will feel part of this Republic. Otherwise, we are facing a major dilemma where we have a huge Kenyan diaspora that feels either detached from the Kenyan community or a little bit alienated. We need to continue with that engagement so that they become patriotic or have the notion that although they are in America, they are from Kenya, or although they are in Tanzania, they are Kenyans. That is the direction of the future. When you do a projection of Kenya or Murang’a or even any other county in the next 10 years, it shows that the world will continue becoming a global village. We are going to continue forming regional economic blocs. For example, we have the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in West Africa and the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in this region. International bodies will continue becoming more powerful. Therefore, more Kenyans will emigrate from Kenya. If we do not come up with measures to leverage and take advantage of the shrinking global village, then we will be left behind and other countries will be ahead of us. That way, Kenya will not grow as fast as we would like. World over, great countries like the USA have been made great to a certain extent by the diaspora. Currently, China is being ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. Its founders, including the Chairman called Deng Xiaoping are people who used to live in the diaspora. Deng Xiaoping used to live in France. There are so many other examples. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to take advantage of people living in the diaspora. We should take advantage of their wealth and bring it to Kenya. We should create synergies. That is how we are going to boost Kenya and our counties. That is the vision I am trying to persuade Senators to adopt, so that we move this Republic forward. With those many or few remarks, I beg to move. I request Sen. Cherargei, the Senator for Nandi, to second my proposed amendment."
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