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    "id": 1163613,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the three minutes. Allow me to thank Sen. Khaniri for bringing on the Floor of this House a very important issue on trade and tourism. When it comes to tourism and trade, it is a major national economic revenue earner. About 40 per cent of our revenue comes from this sector, but much as it is a big economic earner, we need to ask ourselves what is there for Kenyans. I remember Sen. Moi came up with the Local Content Bill and even when we are doing our trade in terms of importing and exporting, we need to ask ourselves what benefits there are for our youths and for us as Kenyans. For instance, there are things we can make as Kenyans. I do not see why we import things that Kenyans can make. When we buy Kenya, we build Kenya. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have to ensure that we come up with this agenda and make sure it blossoms. I know that this issue will not come to my committee, but my honest thought is that the Ministry concerned should come before us to give us the strategy they have put in place to protect local Kenyan manufactures in terms of trade, so that what can be found in Kenya should not be imported, Thank you and I congratulate Sen. Khaniri for this Statement."
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