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    "id": 1554316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "assemble those transformers locally, and ensure technology transfer into the country. We should not just rely on importing fully assembled transformer components. This policy direction started with the Finance Bill last year. It was noted that many fully assembled or completed goods were being imported into the country, and there was a need for a policy shift to discourage that. We need to encourage people to manufacture or assemble such things locally here in Kenya to create jobs, make the products cheaper, and assure Kenyans that those products meet national and international standards. While we cannot control the manufacturing level in other countries, we can control the standards of goods manufactured within our country. We must assure Kenyans of the quality of transformers and other goods manufactured locally. However, we may not be able to give that very high assurance as to the standards and quality of such imported products. With those remarks, I beg to move and urge Members to support. I request the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Member for Molo, Hon. Kimani Kuria, to second this Bill."
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