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    "content": "to popular transport. Now we are buying planes from Brazil in just about 20 years. Although Brazil is a much bigger country than Kenya, the principle is the same. The Kenyan economy in this region can be compared to the Brazilian economy in Latin America because of the size of the economies in Latin America. I really think that with the Numerical Machining Complex here and the kind of standards that we have at the Kenya Bureau of Standards, we have a making for having a growing airline industry, where we could easily begin making planes in the not too distant future in line with Vision 2030. So, I think that this Bill is very timely because, first, you must begin by making sure that there is security and safety when you travel and that there is order in our airports. I am glad that the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is now improving and that it will conform to international standards and that we shall begin building airports using modern technology, which is very cheap, fast and guarantees more security. When we build these airports; small and big, we will rely on the cutting of the edge technology rather than just doing cheap things because we are opening the airport. Usually, cheap is not that cheap. Cheap ends up to be very expensive. So, we are in a position where we can expand our airline industry using modern technology, giving our people the chance to begin making spare parts for planes and in the event, even making planes. I think that the initiative that the former President Moi started in those days of Nyayo Pioneer Car was just poorly managed, but it was a very good idea. I think that, that idea of manufacturing at the high level of technology is one that Kenyans must embrace. In fact, when I was the Minister for Planning and National Development, I really encouraged the reopening of the Numerical Machining Complex. I even encouraged that we should make our own cranes from the Numerical Machining Complex in Mombasa, but I was shot down because people thought that I was colluding with some industrialists to do this and stop them from importing these cranes from overseas. This was crazy because a crane is just a mass of metal. You can import gears from abroad, but you should not import the whole huge metal from abroad. Steel and iron is available locally and we have the capacity to do these things. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very good Bill laying the framework for expanding the airline industry. We must in the final analysis understand that lawmaking does two things; it organizes human relations in capitalist society and also encourages capitalism to grow by better profit making and higher productivity, not forgetting the fact that Parliament looks after the social welfare of the people, as we have higher productivity and profit making in our commercial and industrial sectors. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Bill very strongly and urge my colleagues to pass it."
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