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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to congratulate our lady, Hon. Elachi, for this well-thought-out Motion. However, as I delve into the details of the Motion, I would like to draw the attention of Hon. Elachi to one or two things. One, this country already has an EPZ Act which was enacted in 1990. The Act forms the bedrock of the EPZs that we have, including the formation of the EPZ Council which was at the heart of negotiating the AGOA deal. Every time the AGOA matter is mentioned here, I become very passionate because one of the things that I studied in my planning lessons at my master’s level was the AGOA deal. I have written quite a lot about AGOA and how it has benefitted this country. Currently, Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been enhanced by the AGOA Treaty. Over 44 per cent of the GDP is contributed by AGOA. I would like to draw the attention of the House to three things that this Motion would like to do and that Hon. Elachi is asking the House to resolve. First, it should focus specifically on implementing EPZ programmes to enhance performance. There are issues within EPZs. The AGOA Treaty is coming to an end in 2023. Kenya has already started negotiations and the Cabinet Secretary for Trade, Investment and Industry has met the Ambassador of the United States of America. They have had talks around the African Growth and Opportunity Act and how to extend it. The AGOA falls squarely within the Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) in the 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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