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    "content": "we will work as a team. If anyone has any information that we can use, of course, we will use it to renew or terminate the contract. There is nobody who is not dispensable. Hon. Midiwo talked about complaints from the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and from the US Ambassador. I am not aware about the complaints from the US Ambassador. However, I am aware of the complaints from the KAM and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). We have had occasion to discuss these issues. We have also held round table meetings with the Prime Minister to discuss aspects of substandard goods and counterfeit goods coming into the country. Allow me to explain this. A counterfeit is a product item which looks exactly the same as the genuine product. In otherwords, if I may use examples – I have a problem with biro pens – if someone else was to manufacture this biro pen and label it “BIC” then that would be a counterfeit. However, if someone came up with a different item and called it a pen, that would be a different item and it would be substandard item. So, there is a difference between a counterfeit item, which pretends to be the original item and a substandard item. In this country, we have to deal with counterfeit and substandard batteries. There is a difference between counterfeit and substandard batteries. We have held meetings with the KAM and the KEPSA, so that they can deal with these issues of counterfeit and substandard items. This is an ongoing war. The Kenyan border is porous and one individual cannot be the policeman of each and every item that comes into the country. We have other Government agencies, including the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), which are the main entities that deal with entry of goods. I am aware that there is an existing problem, and when we moved the Anti- Counterfeit Act, when it was still a Bill, we said that we would set up a body, so that it could address the issue of counterfeits in this country. We are in the process of setting up that body and it will be fully in charge of addressing the issue of counterfeit items. Mr. C. Kilonzo talked about orders from above and advice from the council. Who gives orders from above? That belongs to the past."
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