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    "id": 1222956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1222956/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "a farming organisation in this country to discuss why we are not exporting meat. How do we export meat whose quality is not competitive enough? We must support agriculture in terms of establishing good centres like Bashuma Centre in Mombasa, which was supposed to produce good quality meat that could compete with meat from other countries. The EPZ should not just produce clothes. We can produce a wider variety of commodities. Therefore, let us all support this Motion, considering that nations are competing against each other. The end result of having the EPZ is to export our produce. Today the exchange rate is between Ksh137 and Ksh140 against the US Dollar. If we had more exports, it would mean that the balance of payment would settle. We would earn more foreign currency and bring down the rate at which the Kenyan shilling is exchanging with the US Dollar. If we have this policy in place, we will definitely have a better Kenya that will progress and our country will compete globally. Let us remember that Kenya is a strategic partner of Europe and the Asian tigers. We must support our country so that we leverage and allow other countries to compete with us. If we do not wake up at this time, it means our neighbours will take up the mantle. We will drag behind. We must thank Hon. Elachi for engaging in this kind of thought on our behalf. It is important. We have to support this Motion. I am happy that the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party is here. This is a good Motion for the government of the day, so that we help you to have the envisaged policy in place and give our youth employment, we support our farmers and enable the country to stabilise the forex so that we move forward as a country. With those remarks, I support."
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