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    "id": 1463568,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463568/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must take this opportunity to laud the Senate for bringing the Bill to this House. We hope that the Senate will concur with the amendments we have made so that we can expeditiously complete this process. It has been a long period since the days of the Cotton Lint and Marketing Board when cotton collapsed. As Hon. Members from Busia, we have done our very best to revive cotton growing. Only Busia has a public-funded ginnery, and the second is being funded in Pavi, Kwale. It is now time for the county governments, in conjunction with the National Government, to invest heavily in cotton growing so that we can expand and make sure that textiles and apparel become the key earners of dollars through export. In conclusion, we also need to examine how we manage the cotton co-operatives and the rest. We will address this matter as we prepare the National Co-operative Bill, which will address quite a number of issues. Finally, we call upon those in charge of apparel and textiles to expand their minds and levels of thinking. Cotton is just one of the raw materials in the entire value chain of apparel and textiles. We need to look for alternative sources of raw materials so that our industry can become a composite one, to enable us deepen and ensure that we create more jobs in that sector. With those few remarks, I thank my colleague, Hon. Mary Emaase, for adopting and moving it here. I can take her to Luanda and buy her a cup of tea over the weekend. Thank you."
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