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    "content": "There is a tendency in this country where it is very fashionable to invite an investor from India, Pakistan or the United Kingdom, but when an investor comes from Machakos to Nyeri, we think that they are grabbing our property. That is simply biting our nose to spite our faces and it does not make any sense. If you have the audacity to invite an investor from Pakistan, then start with the investor from Turkana or Kisumu and see whether they can come to your county and then move on to the investor from Pakistan. The investor from Pakistan will raise eyebrows when I start a matatu business in Kitui and I come from Nyeri and that matatu is not welcome. Why would a person in Pakistan think that his factory is welcome in Kitui if a matatu investor from Kirinyaga is not welcome in Kitui? Therefore, we must change our mindset and start thinking broadly and appreciating that an investor is an investor, irrespective of where he comes from. For example, you will find that in Sen. Orengo’s constituency, he has a beach land that can be used for hotels. If a German comes and puts up a hotel in his constituency, he will be very welcome and that will be considered good investment and growth, but if Sen. Kagwe builds a hotel in the same place, then he would be grabbing land in Sen. Orengo’s constituency. What is wrong with us? When you cannot appreciate your own people, how can you appreciate other people? It follows without saying that such thinking can only be detrimental to national good, unity and to the level of investments in our country. With those few words, I beg to support."
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