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    "id": 1382569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1382569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "farming. The Indian Rupee is always strong and does not fluctuate because there, you are not allowed to import clothes but rather, get them from their factories. There are some decisions that we need to make, as a country, and if we do not, we will not be able to succeed in revitalising the cotton sector. Kenya in the African region is the net importer of everything as I said when we were going through the Budget Policy Statement. We are importing even small things that we should not. We are importing things from Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia yet the same countries used to import things from us. This shows that we are doing badly. This Bill is timely. I urge the Government to take it up so that it can run with it. Immediately it is passed, it should run with its implementation. We can pass these Bills, they become laws but are not acted upon for the benefit of the people of Kenya. As I conclude, the Board which is being proposed to be formed to take care of the cotton sector must not be political. The Government tends to use boards for political aims. There are some people who have been appointed to boards, and are clearly incompetent. For example, the Board that is supposed to clean The Nairobi River has people who have not even gone to school yet you want the river to be cleaned. If we are going to revitalise cotton and the only option is the board, then it must be composed of people who understand cotton, and not people picked from the streets or someone who has contested in a political seat and failed, and are being given a position there. We must utilise our skilled labour in filling positions of Government if we want results. I conclude. Thank you."
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