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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism, regarding the status of implementation of the “Buy Kenya Build Kenya” initiative to increase competitiveness and consumption of locally produced goods and services. In the Statement, the Committee should: (1) Outline the policies that have been put in place by the Ministry to promote the “Buy Kenya Build Kenya” initiative. (2) Explain measures the Ministry is taking to upscale the local furniture industry to encourage the purchase of their products, whose quality and workmanship is far superior to some foreign furniture currently flooding the Kenyan market. (3) Elucidate the strategies put in place by the Ministry to promote the Leather industry in furtherance of the vibrant livestock industry instead of exporting wet blue leather, which is semi processed, and in turn, importing leather bags, shoes and apparel which can be manufactured locally. (4) Provide information on any plans to encourage and support value addition to agricultural products, noting that most of the products grown in Kenya such as coffee are sold in their raw form to multinational companies, thus denying Kenyan industries the benefit of selling value added products. (5) State what the Ministry is doing to ensure that, apart from companies in the textile industry which are currently able to sell their products locally with support from the Ministry, other companies in the Special Economic Zones that manufacture products for export are enabled to sell their products locally. Thank you."
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