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    "id": 1503276,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1503276/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Daadab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": "Yes, it was called CMC. They went to those big companies and industries as apprentices and interns and came out with skills after staying there for a couple of years. When they went back home, they began setting up big industries. The Koreans started small, but quickly went up the ladder to now becoming one of the few countries that can build the biggest ships with a Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) of up to 500,000, or a 6 by 400,000 carrying capacity. Those are big ships. Those countries also used their military. I was in Egypt the other day where the military built one million houses in a year. They built around 1.13 million houses in a year. That is not how we are currently doing it in Kenya where we have asked the military to start transacting business by taking over the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). That makes them corrupt. The Egyptian military gets materials from the Government and works. They do not purchase or procure anything. All that is done centrally and at the cheapest prices. That is good and I agree with it. We cannot practise protectionism or isolationism where we refuse to get involved in certain matters, if we are to grow our economy. Engaging in business in a number of western countries is very difficult today. It is tough if you are a Kenyan or a South African. Those western countries do not allow anyone to break into their markets. There is a lot of protectionism. Because we are behind in technology and many other things, we have to do much more than just protect our contractors. I urge Hon. Kimani, the brilliant young whiz kid, to broaden the scope of the Bill. Maybe at the Committee of the whole House stage, he can make powerful amendments, so that we have a proper economic blueprint. I want us to go out of our way. When I was pursuing my post-graduate studies, I once had an opportunity to study one module in one of the prestigious universities in South Korea. They only had two things when they got their independence. The first one was sea weeds. The second one was not such a good thing. It was what they called comfort girls, who used to work as maids in Japan and send money back home. Today, their economy is probably 30 or 40 times greater than ours yet their population and landmass are similar to ours, if not less. So, I commend Hon. Kimani, but at the same time we have to think outside the box. We do not want to take baby steps; we want to take elephant steps. I support the Bill."
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