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    "id": 1510220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1510220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "want to tell the National Assembly they should extend good faith the way we did with their 55 amended Clauses to the Cotton Bill. Secondly, I want to agree with Clause No.2, where the interpretation and the meaning of the cotton industry, processing, ginning, cotton plant, collection centres and spinning are now cotton industries. The definition should be broad so that it can agree with growers, ginners, spinners, cotton value addition, and marketers. In conclusion, Elgeyo-Marakwet and Kisumu Counties and part of Nyanza grow cotton because they have black cotton soil. Rivatex East Africa Limited was given more than Kshs4 billion from the Indian government as a grant to revive it in making local clothing. We even had Kisumu Cotton Mills (KICOMI) which died. The passage of this Bill will give the opportunity to have locally made garments and clothes. As we talk, Kenya has become a mitumba country. We import everything, from undergarments, shoes, socks, clothes, vests and ties. Can you believe this is a mitumba country? My worry is that even our thinking is becoming mitumba in terms of many things. We are importing toothpicks and matchsticks. I know toothpicks mean other things in some lingo with young people. I hope the passage of this Bill will revolutionize the issue of garments and clothes. Kitui County Textile Center (KCOTEC) had been developed in Kitui County, but the former Governor allegedly decided to run it to the ground. We have been told that nowadays we have a line in Mosoriot Town called Nandi County Textile Unit (NATEX), which is just a big building. Governor Sang is busy running down the entire county. He has put more than Kshs300 million to that project in Mosoriot Township yet it is not functional. The passage of this Bill is very important. I agree with the expansion in terms of the definition so that we have a cotton industry that will factor in many things. I know when I talk about mitumba importation, people in Gikomba market and my supplier called Ras in Eldoret City would be worried that we are talking about blocking or banning mitumba. We are not. Let it be complimentary so that when I walk out of here people in Gikomba and Toi Market will not say, that I said we ban mitumba. We want to improve efficiency and allow competitiveness so that we have locally made clothes and also mitumba. This will also give employment to cotton farmers so that they can plant cotton and have a place to sell. With that indulgence, I support these amendments to the 55 Clauses from the National Assembly. I hope they will extend the same goodwill with the same supersonic speed. I thank you."
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