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    "id": 1219270,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219270/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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    "content": "I am told that when you go to buy a Maasai Kikoi in a shop in town, chances are that the Kikoi has been manufactured by companies in India or China. The only way to ensure that we add value to the hard work that Kenyans always put into their daily engagements is for the Government to come up with a proper framework to ensure that EPZs are set up across the country, so that they go a long way to assist our people. Kenya has a lot of potential. We import fabrics from India, yet we have very good climatic conditions that can support pyrethrum farming and give capacity to our local industries to begin exporting cheap fabric to our neighbouring countries. I thank my sister, Hon. Beatrice Elachi, for thinking along those lines. I encourage her to convert this Motion into a Bill after we approve it, so that the Government of Kenya will have no choice, but to implement the directive to set up more EPZs across the country, so that Kenyans can continue to tap into the very many benefits that would come as a result of setting up EPZs. This Motion is coming at the right time when the country’s education system has evolved into the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). We want to begin encouraging students in Grade Seven, Grade Eight and Grade Nine in junior secondary schools to learn technologies that are in line with what EPZs promote. We want them to benefit from the EPZs. When children in junior secondary schools will be learning about how to knit suits, trousers or nice Kikois, they can undertake practical lessons at the nearest EPZ that majors in development of fabrics. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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