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    "id": 393753,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mositet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Korinko Mositet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion by a good professor who has really researched. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I was seated here listening to Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo narrating how many industries collapsed because of lack of support from our Government, I really felt ashamed. Currently, we are really talking about Vision 2030. But when Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo cited many industries, including Kicomi and others which have died, I just also remembered that in my own county, we used to grow cotton. In fact, cotton really used to do very well in semi-arid lands. I just remember a bit of history that cotton was introduced in this country around the 1900. After Independence, by the time our Government came into power, we were still doing very well. There were donors. The Government was very supportive. However, later on, the donors withdrew and the Government support was also not forthcoming. In the 1980s, the cotton industry started crumbling. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we want our economy to grow, we must think along the lines of making sure that we put value into what can be grown in this country. We can achieve this by promoting our industries and making the environment in which they operate suitable, so that our youth can be employed and live a decent life. You can imagine farmers benefiting from growing cotton and people working in that industry living decent lives. If we want our economy to grow into double digit, we must really think along the lines of Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. It just requires one statement and many things will change. Just two or so months ago, His Excellency the President said that women and youth must be considered in any procurement which is done within Government institutions. Even though money has not started trickling into the counties, the women and young men have a lot of excitement that they will be in business. Therefore, a statement should be made that any Government institution in this country must consume goods which are produced in this country. With that announcement alone, many things will change. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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