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    "id": 51267,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, of course, I am not aware of any racket and if there is any, I should know. There is a committee that deals with these issues and the membership comprises of immigration officers, members from the Investment Promotion Centre, officers from the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), people from Kenyanization and people from the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU). So, it is a very inclusive committee that looks into these applications and it decides on merit. We really do not interfere because that is their job which they should know. However, why more Indians? You will probably realise that, historically, Indians have been some of the largest small-scale investors in this country. They invest in various things, including the steel industry and supermarkets. The Indians are followed by the Chinese, who have in recent--- We are happy that they are able to come and invest in this country. We are also happy that they have confidence in this country and can employ thousands of our youths. Although we may allow them three or four to look after their interests, as I said earlier on, they employ thousands more. It is in our interest that they come and invest in this country. So, look at it both ways. Look at it that this person is bringing employment to our youth, maybe a thousand of them and they are asking for three or four positions to protect their technical, financial and managerial interests. So, if you sit where I sit and you want to help Kenya grow, you would like to make the investor comfortable so that they bring in more money and more investments for our youths who are unemployed. If you insist, as I think the politician would insist that “if you are coming to invest in Kenya, we will give you the accountant, the technical person and all that”, then they say: “Well, in that case I am not investing; I am going to Uganda or Tanzania,” you will lose out. I think we need to balance these things and that is the job of that committee; to balance the national interest against, of course, the interest of our citizens in order to make sure that they are not thrown out of jobs which they, themselves, should occupy. You will also see---"
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