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    "id": 1111170,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111170/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. When an opportunity presents itself, we should seize it as a country. This is a great opportunity. FedEx is one of the biggest courier companies in the world and setting a base in Kenya is a great opportunity to create employment and also learn from them. It is also a way of exchanging technology and ideas between a first world country like the USA and Kenya. With AGOA in place, it means the goods that are manufactured in Kenya – you know Kenya is part of the AGOA arrangement – can easily be transported to America. That means creation of more jobs for us as a country. Also, the fact that passenger business between Kenya and America has always been affected by frequent travel advisories, there is an opportunity to also firm up and tell them: “If we can do cargo from Kenya, then we can also do passenger.” I also need to point out that the greatest Diaspora in terms of Kenyans lives in America. Therefore, it is also a business opportunity to transport goods from America to Kenya and vice versa, using this reliable internationally recognised courier. Finally, you also know that as a country that was ravaged by COVID-19, this is a huge opportunity to rise up from the ashes of COVID-19 and bring our economy back on track. We have been given an opportunity to make an African hub through FedEx whereby they will be transporting cargo and offering courier services to other African countries from Nairobi. This is an opportunity that we should not miss. We should embrace it wholeheartedly and move as fast as possible. Thank you."
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