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    "id": 176445,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kosgey",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Industrialization",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 177,
        "legal_name": "Henry Kiprono Kosgey",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Machakos Town currently is still a medium-scale industries, namely, Eastern Flour Mills and many bakeries. In addition to these two industries, the Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE), as a parastatal under my Ministry, has 34 sheds in Machakos Town, which are fully occupied by entrepreneurs dealing in engineering works, metal fabrication, carpentry workshops, garages, flour milling and food processing units, which have created employment opportunities in that area. (b) I am aware that KOL, which was located at Maua Hills, relocated to Nairobi and then to Juja. I am further aware that in the year 2000, Coca Cola Savco acquired Eastern Kenya Bottlers of Machakos. In the year 2004, Savco merged with Nairobi Bottlers Limited, Flamingo Bottlers in Nakuru and Eastern Kenya Bottlers to form one bottling entity, which serves Nairobi, Central, Rift Valley and Eastern provinces. As a result of this merger, the East Kenya Bottlers Plant in Machakos was closed down. (c) Machakos Town has several micro and small-scale enterprises located at the KIE, as I have just said. Also, Masaku Jua Kali Association Sheds provide employment opportunities for the residents. Further, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will advise the residents of Machakos Town to start value adding enterprises by utilising the raw materials available to them locally. The Government has availed funds through the women and youth programmes for this purpose. There are also several opportunities provided by the firms in Athi River Town and its environs including the Export Processing Zone (EPZ). (c) As part of this industrialization process, the Ministry is organizing industrial investment fora in collaboration with local authorities in identifying the local resource base, potential investors and ways of improving the infrastructure in order to promote value addition enterprises. We will go to Machakos to conduct an investment forum. The Ministry already has an office in Machakos headed by a District Industrial Development Officer (DIDO). The office provides facilities for the development of new industries in the area. Potential investors are encouraged to visit our office in Machakos to access information on industrial development opportunities that exist in the area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, besides KIE, one of the parastatals under the Ministry, we do encourage the development of industries in various towns including Machakos."
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