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    "content": "able to import. The same thing is happening to the cement industry. Today, cement that is coming from China is cheaper than what we produce. Therefore, we need to start questioning ourselves why it is that cement from China is cheaper than the cement that is produced locally yet we can put up cement plants and get enough cement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are now in a new dispensation. It is time we changed how we look at things in our country. The attitude we have towards our country must change. I think we need a programme on change of attitude. It should be compulsory in the public service and all other institutions. This is because this attitude has been institutionalized. It is about the people who run institutions in this country. When we talk about importing uniforms for prison warders, who does that? A Kenyan who will sign for that tender. Why should he or she not go for uniforms from a Kenyan company? It is time we stopped the blame game. I believe that through this Senate, we can bring a lot of change even if it is one step forward. After five years, we should proudly say that as a Senate, we stopped this and it worked for the benefit of the people of this country. One of the things we have lost completely is that as much as we talk of the technology that we are bringing and the new polytechnics that we are coming up with, we are not asking ourselves whether we have in place a programme for our children to adopt. Nobody is talking about that. There should be that belief in our country. We should be proud of our country and say: I love Kenya and I will defend anything that is Kenyan with a lot of pride forever. That is the spirit we lack. Today, we are talking about the textile industry but we have a challenge also because our young people have also learnt our methodology of doing things, they prefer"
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