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    "id": 369535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muchai",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Mukuru Muchai",
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    "content": "Any arrangements made between two or more people must carry with them in their rules of engagement three key components. The rules of engagement must be right, they must be freely negotiated and they must be to the mutual benefit of the parties to that arrangement. Anything less is detrimental particularly to the weaker party in that arrangement. In this respect, we are talking about developed countries and developing countries. There is a stronger party and a weaker party in this arrangement. Every effort must be made to ensure that the weaker party is more protected than the stronger party in that arrangement. I have issues when we talk about local manufacturing industries. What do we mean? To me, these are industries that are owned by Kenyans as opposed to multinationals in the developed world which have come to invest in this country for purposes of obtaining cheaper production costs and supply their goods to the surrounding regions. I recall that when Parliament in the USA enacted the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), we saw the emergence of the export processing zones (EPZs) in this country. When the EPZs were introduced in Kenya, they brought disaster much as they came to offer employment to our people. First and foremost, they sought to be excluded from the application of our laws governing occupational, safety and health within the working places. They deprived those working in those EPZs the right to exercise their freedom of association. But the end result or the net effect was that the EPZs were making huge amounts of profit repatriated to the countries of origin. When we look at our sub-region, the EAC, we must not run away from the fact that Kenya is a leading economy within the five EA countries and it must take a lead in giving to the other countries within the sub-region the way forward. If there is anything that is not acceptable to the country, we must not be arm twisted to be told because the weaker economies within the sub-region are in agreement; Kenya must have a deadline within which to sign on its part. Hon. Speaker, Sir, when the Mover of this Motion was addressing this House, she touched my heart when she talked about the impediments that are put to the Kenyans"
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