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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am one man who has been here the whole day. I take this opportunity to support this particular Bill. As far as I am concerned, Kenya is one of the most developed areas in the region. Therefore, we should be impressed by that fact. The Mover of the Bill said that over 4000 units of transformers are imported every year. If assembling is done locally, you can imagine how much less each unit would cost. It will also promote local manufacturing skills and job creation. I support this particular Bill because it is very important. I wish it had come here much earlier. You can blame me or any other Member for not coming up with it much earlier. Secondly, our country today is like a supermarket, where things are brought in, and they charge you anything for them. The cost of imported transformers is very high. If they are assembled locally, they will be cheaper. All the parts are not locally available. If we import and assemble them locally, Kenya will not be a supermarket like it is today. A Member mentioned that when you walk out there, as a Member of Parliament, you are told there is no electricity. This is not because they are unable to pay for it, but it is not there. There is also a shortage of supply of transformers. Therefore, this particular Bill is very important. It has come at the right time. Let us pass it so that transformers can be locally manufactured and assembled. This will create more jobs for the technical people we are training today in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, polytechnics and universities with very good electrical knowledge. We have talked about this matter over and over again. Let us not waste any more time. Let us remove the 25 per cent Excise Duty and assemble transformers locally rather than continue making Kenya a supermarket. With those few remarks, I support the particular Bill."
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