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    "id": 1216004,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1216004/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I thank Sen. Kibwana for bringing up this Statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine will be to push and ensure that even the material that we use to make those African attires comes from here, so that we improve our textile industries. They should not just be seen making materials that go abroad to make suits, which come back here at exaggerated prices. I can also attest that when I started wearing African attire, I felt more African and Kenyan. I am sure that the more we support this dress code, the more cotton our farmers will grow and thus add value to their growth. I support Sen. Kibwana. I wish all of us could wear that African attire. Let us make sure that the African print is not imported from somewhere else. The material should come from here in Kenya. I do not think we can be proud wearing material from outside and tailored here. Our work is to push and ensure that the textile industries and farmers that grow cotton benefit from the African print that we wear. I thank Kenya Kwanza for the position they took on African prints during our campaigns. I remember running up and down at night to make sure that mine would be before the morning. We pushed the tailors. I am sure that industry has picked and grown from where it was during the campaigns of Kenya Kwanza. We should come all of us and ensure that we wear the African print. We should also ensure that the material is from here. We will grow this industry and be proud to say, “buy Kenya and build Kenya.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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