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    "id": 1220363,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1220363/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " I thank you very much for the two minutes. As I said, we need to fast-track most trade treaties. When we were doing the EPA trade agreement in the last regime here, we came to the realisation that we were only doing 5 per cent of tea exports to the United Kingdom. We were looking at the best ways of moving it to at least 15 per cent, as a result creating jobs within this country thereby mopping up all revenues stuck abroad. Our country is suffering dollarlessness . By way of improving our trade, this can help address those kinds of issues. We need to employ very powerful trade negotiators. Many times we experience unfair trade practices. How do we ensure that through this Parliament, Kenya stands at a vantage position to seize every little opportunity that at the end of the day we attain a favourable balance of trade? That is like increasing imports to the detriment of exports and as a result, the country suffers at a time when youths have no jobs. People have been trained in various trades, but they have absolutely nothing to do yet opportunities abound abroad. We only need to increase our levels of presence together with negotiating skills that at the end of the day capture what belongs to the Republic of Kenya. 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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