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    "content": "I am appealing to civil servants in the various Ministries not to take data on its face value. What is happening currently is that civil servants are taking data on face value. They are not analysing the data to understand it. It is not possible for an investor who has been in this country for very many years to wake up one morning and decide that he is relocating elsewhere. So, I am appealing to our technocrats, because the problem comes from them. They come up with policy papers that they do not analyse properly and tell us that we are going to lose so much. How do we lose it? It is not possible. With all due respect, nobody should tell me that an investor is going to move from Kenya to a neighbouring country because there is the issue of labour. Our human resource is the best in the world. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like hon. Members to be vigilant. I am happy that the President has started expanding our trade market in this region. He has sent a very goodwill message across the region. So, I plead that the way forward is not for us to sign this treaty. In the EAC, we have common tariffs. So, all imports that come into this region attract the same tariff. If they want to isolate Kenya so that imports from Europe can attract lower tariffs, is that not destroying the EAC? What is their intention? They want to use Kenya, so that they can enter the EAC and the COMESA markets. Therefore, as hon. Members, we should be very vigilant on everything that is being done, especially on those things being done by our technocrats. We should support the right policies and whatever can promote economic growth for this country. I am very grateful to the Mover for bringing this Motion at the right time. I believe that this will make our technocrats in the various Ministries to take note of what Members of Parliament are discussing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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