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    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to speak to the Motion brought by Hon. Beatrice Elachi. But before that, allow me to join the rest of the Members in this House to wish all the women a happy International Women’s Day. I appreciate many women of this country especially the First Lady, Her Excellency Rachel Ruto and the wife of the Deputy President, and legislators here starting with you, seated on that seat, and all the legislators here. I congratulate you and wish you a happy International Women’s Day. We have too many women who have made things to be the way they are. Being home makers, women have no tribe. These are the people who cross borders to live elsewhere and work elsewhere. They are multiskilled and can multitask– they do very many things within no time. I also want to appreciate the women working in EPZ, the professionals, pastors, home makers, legislators, farmers and all the women doing hard work to make sure that they put food on the table. I will not stop thinking and congratulating the women of Kericho County, not forgetting those who are working in the tea estates under harsh conditions. I appreciate and congratulate them for working hard. I believe the women of this country will take their space and say no to sexual harassment and exploitation as we celebrate them today and many other days. Today’s Motion has come at a time when we are celebrating the Women’s Day. The Export Processing Zones Authority is an important authority that was established to mainly facilitate export-oriented investment in this country. In particular, EPZA has done much mainly with the creation of job opportunities to the many people in Kenya. It will also mainly increase income generation. I want to tell the women working for the EPZ that they are very important. This is because they pay attention to detail and produce better quality products. They are also very efficient. I appreciate the great employment opportunities that have been created by EPZ. The EPZ is also important because it helps in skill development. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to talk about TVETs. We have many of our youths who enrol there to learn new skills. They can only have such skills developed and practised in EPZ. We should not forget that EPZ products are exported to other countries from which we earn foreign exchange. The EPZ uses locally available materials which should be increased and improved. The programmes also need to be enhanced. It is interesting that people buy clothes that can be made in Kenya from outside the country. I am happy that we have clothes made in Kenya and this is very encouraging. I would wish that our people are informed that we have these products being exported to other countries. We import very good clothes from outside and I want to tell Kenyans that we also have them here. We need to take the 20 per cent 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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