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    "content": "of it? After that, a Kenyan went to school knowing very well that after secondary school, I will go to a polytechnic or a university and then get employed. We are talking about new technology and transformation. However, we are left with one question: Where are we going? Who will put down his feet and say enough is enough, let us build and respect our country? When will Kenyans love their country? I think that is where we have lost it. When you hear somebody saying that our neighbours are buying the same uniform that we feel as Kenyans we cannot buy, it is not because of anything else, it is because it is the best uniform produced in our country. But it is because we want to make 150 per cent interest. That is one thing I am so sad about that as a Kenyan today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, everything a Kenyan makes in this country, he or she must ask what per cent is there for them. That is why we can even sell our country at will. That is why we find ourselves in a quagmire where every person who walks into this country normally tells us that Kenya is a country you walk in, in the morning when you are poor and by midday, you are a rich person. We are talking about our country. The person will come, he will start producing any product and by the time he is now exporting it back to his country of origin, he would have started making money while a Kenyan who has been here for 20 years remains as poor and so he has to close down his business and get employed by the foreigner. When you look at our Asian brothers who run some of these industries, they came in Kenya with nothing. However, today, I know we have the best products which are exported from Kenya to other countries. You will never see them in the market because they are meant for export. When we ask where the cotton comes from, they will tell you that they import the cotton. We have not given the opportunity to that local Kenyan as much as they are using every resource of Kenya. We do not have the heart of saying, let us go somewhere in Nyanza, Western or Ukambani where cotton used to grow and encourage those farmers to get you that cotton. There is no policy that protects even what we have. That is why even when we talk about RIVATEX and Kicomi, we feel very sad because apparently it just went to Japan. That is where it has thrived very well. We also have the kikoi doing very well there yet in our country we have to buy now. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at how we do our campaigns for the best canvas that are cheap, we have to go to Tanzania. Then ask yourself: Why and yet we have the best? I remember sometime back there was a research that was done in Baringo where we have material that can be used for the mature of jeans. It was an American who did the research and went and used it to get the finest jeans you get today. It comes from Baringo, Kenya. Since I do not have anything in it, I will not have anything to do with it. There were very good blankets that used to be made by Raymond and today, we do not have them and yet we are talking about creating employment. We have many young people who are seeking employment yet no one is questioning about what happened to the textile industry. It is not just the textile industry, but other industries are also being killed slowly by slowly not because we cannot revive them, but because somebody somewhere has interest and will ensure that they kill it so that we import what comes from China. So, you kill this local production and go to the Government and get a tender where you are 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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