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    "id": 1115194,
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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I take this opportunity to support this noble Motion. First and foremost, I have worked for Kodak, where I was a regional manager and I served 12 countries, namely, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Seychelles and Mauritius among others. At that time, we had lots of problems connecting to these countries. I was the sales and marketing regional manager for Kodak East Africa in charge of this region. It was very difficult to connect to these countries. For example, if you wanted to go to South Africa, you had to go all the way to Addis Ababa first. The Agreement that has been presented by the Chair is long overdue. There are many advantages. I have been to Botswana many times, which is bigger than Kenya, and there are a lot of resources there. If you know Geography, there are lots of minerals there. There are Kenyans who work in Botswana and for them to come to Nairobi, they have to go to Johannesburg first. When the Departmental Committee for Agriculture and Livestock went to South Africa, we had to go to the west of South Africa first. There are lots of complications. The free movement that will arise from the ratification of this Protocol will open up our country. As the Chairman puts it, there is going to be a Pan-African airline. We will have a lot of opportunities. Some of our products will be sold directly to Botswana. Botswana majorly deals with dairy farming. For instance, we are now importing milk from Uganda. We talked about this the other day, but we will be getting some of the powder milk from Botswana, which will add to what we have for us to export the same milk products to the Middle East. This is a very good idea. I want us to move very fast and support this Motion. Nominee 001 also mentioned that an airliner from South Africa or Botswana can now fly to any destination in Kenya. It can fly to Eldoret, Kisumu and Mombasa. Therefore, we will be promoting local African tourism in the region. For those who have not been to that part of the world, I have been there many times as the Regional Manager for Kodak East African Region, and I want to tell you that Botswana is a lovely country. We will have our people going to Botswana. People there are not as highly educated as Kenyans, and I am sorry to mention that, but do not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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