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    "id": 1128409,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1128409/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mogotio, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Tuitoek",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kamuren Tuitoek",
        "slug": "daniel-kamuren-tuitoek"
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    "content": "We had something called the Numerical Machine Complex that was meant to produce cars. I remember the Nyayo Car that was supposed to be produced under the complex, but unfortunately, that institution died. They had some of the best technologies or workshops. They could produce many products. Some universities like the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), which is the former Kenya Polytechnic, have good laboratories. If you visit their labs, some of them have high quality goods. They can start producing goods like bolts and nuts for the industry, so that we do not have to import them. Therefore, KIRDI should work closely with universities especially technical universities. We have TUK, the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) and other universities with engineering departments. We have the University of Nairobi (UoN), Kimathi University of Technology and even the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and other institutions with engineering departments. If we work with them closely, we may move forward in reducing reliance on other countries for products. In fact, this is something which we should look at. I remember there was a Bill here which we were trying to introduce to gradually phase out some products. I have heard of toothpicks. Surely, it is an embarrassment at this age that we can import these products. The reason we have no jobs for our youth is because the manufacturing industry is very low. We are producing things which are not enough. We should be boosting that. I know that part of the recent agenda of the President or the Jubilee Government was to improve on manufacturing and creation of jobs. This is an area in which KIRDI should champion through the production of goods and enabling our youths to get jobs. With those remarks, I support."
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