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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, right from the outset, I will start by saying how I appreciate the support that I am getting from the Members of Parliament. I do not take this for granted and I really appreciate their support. Together, we will achieve much. I also wish to record my appreciation to the House Business Committee also for prioritizing the Bills for the Ministry of Finance as we really want to clear all these Bills. I know from December, it will be difficult to get the Members of Parliament here because then they will be on the campaign path. So, I really appreciate. The only issue that arose, over which I would like to give assurance to this House was the issue of computers. Previously, we had seen gangs that were stealing or vandalizing bridge guard rails, rail lines, transformers, but now we have seen another one where they are now targeting computers, particularly for Government institutions. There was a request that the stealing of computers should also be treated as an economic sabotage and the penalty enhanced to the same as for scrap metal. These are people who steal or vandalize Government equipment for scrap metal. I will propose that amendment during the Committee Stage. The other issue was on mitumba . It is true that I reduced the duty on mitumba, but this was as a result of a cry from Kenyans that Mitumbas had become so expensive and unaffordable that people had now started putting patches on their clothes, a phenomenon that had long disappeared. So, it is as a result of that cry that we decided to reduce the duty. As we reduce the duty, we are also cognizant of the fact that we need to encourage and to give incentives to our textile industry. We want to bring back the days of Kisumu Cotton Mills (KICOMI) and Rift Valley Textiles (RIVATEX). We want to bring them back. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what has happened is that the Minister for Agriculture has put a lot of effort in cotton growing. From cotton growing which is successful, you have the ginneries. Only a few ginneries have been revived but we want to revive all of them. After reviving the ginneries, we have the weavers. Again, we have one or two weavers. From there, we have the spinners. After the spinners we have the cloth manufacturers."
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