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    "id": 1111183,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111183/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marselino Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this particular ratification between Kenya and America on the Air Transport Agreement between Kenya and the United States of America. It is actually an opportunity that Kenyans need to grab and run with. America and Kenya are extending a hand towards each other in form of the handshake that we have witnessed between Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga and our President, Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. The company which is actually registering to join cooperation with Kenya, I am told is an airport transport services company called FedEx. FedEx is an international cargo transport company operating in America. Therefore, if such a company comes to Kenya, we should actually open up our gates to welcome them in to this country. Secondly, I have come to learn that many Kenyans have been going to China to import goods into this country. Unfortunately, the kind of goods which come to this country are all substandard beyond KBS measures. Therefore, with the coming of such an agreement, Kenyans will have an opportunity to import goods directly to this country. This means that we will have to go for more quality. We will be able to import quality goods be it furniture, wares and even machinery. I have seen some machines which are manufactured in China and which Kenyans import in to this country. As much as those companies have bilateral understanding with EU countries, the EU countries will say, that particular machinery is not advisable to be used in their country. So, Africa becomes a dumping site for the Chinese products. We should also encourage Kenyans to buy quality because cheap is expensive. You buy an item today and within few days, that item is broken. So, you end up buying and buying. The other day, I saw an agreement between Kenya and America where Kenya was trying to appeal to America to start passenger aircrafts. Both combined you will realise that for somebody to go to America when you are using other airlines, you will have to go through Dubai, transit through other countries and by the time you reach America, you are totally exhausted. With the introduction of this ratification, our Kenyan people will get employment opportunities. The fact that there is also competition within East Africa, for instance, we have countries like Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, who would also be able to use such an opportunity to win or woo such countries to go an invest in their countries. But, now that Kenya has this opportunity, let us grab and run with it."
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