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    "id": 370221,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/370221/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 326,
        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. First, I want to thank Dr. Laboso for coming up with this Motion. It is one that this House needs in order to address issues of development and trade. Europeans have been on us since 1885. For those who have read some history, you will remember Bismarck. He was sitting somewhere in Germany dishing out parts of Africa. Since that time they have sat on us. They determine what we can export and import. They also determine the prices. Kenya is a rising star in this part of the world. The way to do it is to work with our neighbours. England does not produce one leaf of tea, but it is a daily exporter of tea in the world. They managed to create a factory overseas to package our tea, the Kenyan tea, in fact, Kisii tea! They built a factory in Abu Dhabi and yet Abu Dhabi does not produce even a leaf of any of our vegetation. So, we export our jobs to England and when they cannot handle it they export it to Saudi Arabia. These are some of the issues that we must address. This Motion gives us a chance to ask the parliamentary committees to look at various treaties that touch on our trade, especially imports and exports. Like my colleague said, we export our cotton at a very low price and yet we import finished textile from Europe at a very high price. We import their used clothes, mitumba, and the value of imported mitumba is more than Kshs5 billion. Imagine if we were to invest that money Kenya how many jobs we would create. We need to relook at some of the partnerships like AGOA. It has been there for more than ten years, but I bet very few hon. Members here know what it contains. I do not know whether we meet the AGOA thresholds or not. We have the World Trade Organization (WTO) which sets parameters of trade in the world. However, very few people in Kenya, including Members of Parliament know what it does. Let us take cue from Dr. Laboso and raise these matters. Let us be alert to our economic rights when being oppressed by people who have been doing so since 1885. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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