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"speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Shadrack Mose",
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"content": "that we are talking about is in many fields, namely, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and textile. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to textile in this country, you will realise that it is one of the least developed in terms of technology. We have a lot that remains unexploited in that area. We also have industrial chemistry, food technology, ceramics and clay. For instance, in my constituency, we have clay soil in a wider spectrum that we have done very little in terms of coming up with tiles that are extremely good. Other developed democracies have utilised this technology. Every now and then, we run to those countries like China, India, Singapore, and Malaysia, to import things that we could manufacture locally. We have innovations like in power technologies that we have not exhausted. In mining natural resources, we have rota technology. I once visited in South C and was thoroughly impressed by the kind of technology developed there. I witnessed the bee and the banana industry. In my constituency, Kitutu Masaba, we have a banana plant that we have been toying around for quite some time. However, because we have not funded this research, innovation and development, we find that our friends who would like to develop in that area are conspicuously lacking in terms of resources to enable them to make some progress. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what are some of the benefits we expect once we establish a legal framework where KIRDI is empowered, given feet, and the flowing infrastructure for it to operate? We have many of our young people who have graduated from universities, tertiary colleges and even the very many TIVETs. Anchoring KIRDI in a legal framework would ensure that the young people will have places to showcase their talents, get employment and other benefits will also accrue. We have an industrial park meant to come up in a place called Sironga in Nyamira County. This is where we have plenty of clay and, therefore, we will come up with many things. Once we pass this Bill, you can be assured that some of those will lead to even infrastructural development. We would also develop social amenities, schools, electricity, and markets. This is a Bill that we really need to move expeditiously as a House to ensure that it is passed. Our country will stand to benefit. Some of the things we always run to import from other countries are of inferior material. I wish we had anchored this and exploited the talents of our youth and other young graduates from universities, who have skills and talents. It is unfortunate that as a country, we train, but many young trained people are going out of this country to do things they could be doing locally. Imagine this is a country that trains the best nurses and doctors, but once we train them, we do not provide employment and other countries end up getting ready manpower. I would urge my colleagues to move with speed and ensure that we pass this Bill, so that we stand to benefit as a country. Finally, innovation, invention, and research are things that we must invest in. How do we invest in this? The only thing is to ensure that we provide a budget for the same. This is to ensure that we do not pass an Act that looks good and very admirable, but at the end of the day, we have no resources that enable us to move. With that, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support."
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