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    "speaker_name": "Tigani West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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    "content": "I have listened carefully to the rights that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has specified in an article that specifies the establishment of those air services. I also believe the territorial boundaries have been clearly opened up for us. This will help us in two ways. One, we will support KQ as a vehicle that will take us there. Two, we should also open up the market for our floriculture industry. Our industry suffers limitations in terms of the market availability across the globe. We have Europe as one of our major market, but the restrictions have been too much. Kenya has been forced to hike the standard so that it can produce a higher market than that specified by the European market to be able to access that market. It means we are capably prepared to access this market. When we access that market, we will increase opportunities to garner foreign exchange. On tourism, Russia has many tourist destinations. On the other hand, Kenya has also many tourist destinations. Russia is purely temperate with a peculiar climate and we, at the Equator, we are not just the tropical. In other words, we are able to offer very different scenarios and touristic products that they may not have. We offer a good weather, white sandy beaches, wildlife and many other things that are not found in those climatic conditions. I am sure so many Russians will be streaming to Kenya. Many have been trying to come and it has also been as difficult as it has been for us. Therefore, we are creating a great opportunity for them to come and benefit us with the foreign exchange that we need to trade well with the other countries. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is really important for us that the negotiations did not put any restrictions on the destinations within Russia, sizes of the vehicles that go to Russia, in other words, the equipment; the planes, type of cargo and capacities. Russia is an old economy. There is a lot for Kenyans to learn from Russia as much as there is for them to guide us in terms of technology transfer for our very young economy. I believe access is one of the easiest ways of conveying technology. Technology transfer has got to do with the contacts that you make and how well we can link with those large economies. Kenya is likely to benefit more and that is why I propose that we adopt the Report. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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