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    "id": 1180893,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Kenya has become a consumer country. We have become consumers of Western technology and products. The reason for this is that the Western countries have invested heavily on matters to do with whatever they are giving out so that you consume. If you compare vehicles that are manufactured in Japan or other Western countries and even Asia, they are of good quality. I am aware there was a policy in 2009 that attempted to adopt a national automotive policy in Kenya. It was not adopted finally because it attempted to do away with imported cars into the country. That is the reason that policy never took off. We cannot afford to do away with imported second hand vehicles in this country unless we are able to develop capacity. The biggest problem we have in this country is capacity. That starts with our schooling system. In this country, we do not invest a lot in critical thinking and solving problems. We only teach in schools but we do not invest in matters to do with critical thinking. That is something that we must input in our syllabus, so that as much as we teach theory, we must also teach their critical aspect in both our primary and secondary levels. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have invested in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in this country. We have students studying courses like Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. If we do not have an automotive industry in this country, where will they work after graduating. I support fully that we adopt this policy but we must be very cautious, have capacity and funding so that the automotive industry can take off. Currently, this country has banned importation of vehicles that are above eight-years old. In my opinion, this is a tragedy which we will realise its fruits very soon. What is happening is that a person who cannot afford to buy an eight-year-old vehicle will recycle the old vehicles in the market. This is something we need to relook into at as a country. This is because we are recycling vehicles. I have seen very nice The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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