Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 240984,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/240984/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 178,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I continue to applaud the Ministry and its officers for the revival of Uchumi Supermarkets Limited, which is a local enterprise. I am happy to shop and support the Uchumi supermarkets chain. Therefore, I call upon Kenyans to support our local enterprises, where we are assured that the profits are invested and utilised in Kenya. When we support only foreign enterprises, the profits are repatriated to build other countries, and not Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with the Uchumi slogan; \"proudly Kenyan\", and for that reason urge that we all support it. I also urge my colleague, Mr. Minister, to continue with the line he has been taking while negotiating on the WTO. We want issues that restrict trade for developing nations tackled, while opening our market to the industrialised nations and making us consumer nations. If our products received their true value, devoid of barriers that are put by industrialised nations, we would not require aid. What we require more is market for our products and fair trade, rather than increase in aid. I look at our cash crops like coffee and tea and see that there is work that the Minister and our colleague, the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing, will have to do. They should look at the value addition done on those products in Europe. Our cash crops end up being gold for countries in the West when our poor farmers get less than half of the money reaped out of their sweat. This, therefore, is a very important Ministry, which can get our country out of poverty, by ensuring that we get value for money for our products. I will wind up by commenting on the issue of corruption. Let those people who have been named in the Goldenberg and Ndung'u reports return what they owe the people of Kenya, be it assets, land or money. It is pointless to keep on criticising the war against corruption when we are participants in corrupt practices. Let us not have double standards. If we mean well for this country, let us support what is positive for Kenya. I beg to support."
}