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    "content": "be able to contribute to the development of this country like everyone else and feel that they are part of Kenya. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to say that as we talk about coconut in the Coast Province, the MRC is only a small representation of a common problem in this country and we need to address it at the level of the governance so that we do not have young people from anywhere in this country, whether they be Mungiki and others, who are unemployed and are suffering, sometimes even more than the MRC who are complaining. So it is fairly a national problem. As we do this and as we put this legal framework in place, we also must appreciate that we are Kenyans. Even as we have factories in the Coast Province and parastatals dealing with this and others, whether these parastatals are in the Coast Province, western Kenya, Nyanza Province or Meru as a place, we have to accept that we are Kenyans. These coconut products are not only products of the people of the coast region. The people of the coast are doing well with those products because they are consumed elsewhere. There is a system that is able to support and facilitate their exports and one that is putting investment that is Kenyan, so that even when we employ and recruit, it would be completely nepotistic to insist that the people who run these organizations, co-operatives or bodies that have been set up must come from those local places. Benefits go out of the local community and their clients and the people who bring resources to these areas also go out. So even as we put money and support the coconut industry and elsewhere, we must disabuse ourselves of this notion that if the sugar industry is in some place in western Kenya, the Managing Director and the majority of the board members must come from that area. Of course, we also empathize when we notice that in certain cases, especially in the Coast Province, you have members from completely outside of the area dominating those boards. That is also a problem but as we address that inequality; as we decide to be more Kenyan, it is important that we think of national representation because these are national products; they benefit from the national goodwill and they benefit people across the country. So with those few remarks, I beg to support and hope that the request made by Mr. Mungatana and others get this fully and the law is acted upon."
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