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    "id": 1219315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion on EPZs. Before I do that, allow me to wish all the women great day during the International Women’s Day because they play a major role in this world. They are the decision-makers in most homes, teachers, professors and leaders in most of the institutions. I wish them a great day, especially the women in this Chamber led by the Temporary Speaker, the Member who sponsored this Motion for today and all the other women. In our community and in our economy, women play a major role. I wish you all the best and a great day as we celebrate the International Women’s Day in the world. I also want to thank Hon. Beatrice Elachi for bringing this Motion. Kenya, as one of our Members has said, is a net importer. We import more than we export. So, the Export Processing Zones Act that was introduced in 1990 was intended to transform this country into an industrialised nation. However, we somehow did not manage to invest and improve on this project. I believe that even the coming Government will invest quite a bit on those EPZs, not only here in Kitengela, but also spread them all over the country so that the rest of the country can also enjoy the benefits of EPZs. If you look at some of the countries that have truly moved from Third World to First World, or even to upper middle income, like what Kenya is trying to do, they have invested a lot of their resources in industries. The EPZs is one area that we need to truly invest in and take a lot of our time to see what we need to do. As we speak, it is employing 60,000 Kenyans and 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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