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    "id": 393808,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to thank my colleagues who have spoken to this Motion which has paramount importance as has been exhibited on the Floor of the House. Indeed it is time we took our stand and put things right as a nation. You should not be surprised if I told you that even the National Flag of Kenya is imported. What a shame it is that we source our pride abroad? In some of these industries that were closed, you will find a sample of the national flag. The Supplies Branch in Industrial Area can tell you that in the 1950s and 1960s, they were all being made here. I agree with my colleagues who have said that, as Senate, we need to firmly compel the Government to source goods locally. We are going to bring a Bill here to repeal the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. We may have to add a clause in that Act which makes it mandatory for Government departments that consume these products to purchase them locally so that anybody found importing goods through the Port of Mombasa is arrested. This is so that we can be on a really serious footing. We are talking of Vision 2030 and we have now cleared a few years since we started. Five years have gone but expansion in the academic institutions is so high that we cannot cope up with the products that are coming out. This is one such place where we can do it, and hon. Kajwang fully talked about the original Nyanza Province as the home of cotton and now it is dead. If we can revive these factories, then all our farmers can go back to work again. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just have to say that ---"
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