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    "id": 562048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.220(1) and Standing Order No.225(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a petition has been submitted through the Clerk by one Maj. (Rtd) Joel Kiprono Rop, a citizen of Kenya and resident of Bomet County concerning the state of the national economy of Kenya. As you are aware, under Article 119 of the Constitution, every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority in enacting, amending or repealing any legislation. Hon. Senators, I have reviewed the petition and wish to highlight the salient issues raised in the said petition. These are follows:- (1) The national economy is in a perilous state and cannot drive any sustainable development in the country. This is blamed on:- (a) The consistent exports since Independence of raw materials and semi- processed foods from the country to developed countries where the same is processed and sold back in the country at very high prices. (b) The export of natural resources such as minerals and wood products to other countries at throw away prices. (c) Large-scale importation of goods and services into the county, including from developed countries, which use our country as a dumping ground under the guise of trade. (d) The setting up in the country of foreign owned industries and enterprises which take advantage of the cheap locally available materials and labour to produce goods before exporting the same to foreign markets at very high prices and repatriating profits back to their home countries; (e) The securing by foreign companies of large tenders for supply of goods and services locally wherefore they tap into the cheap labour and materials available locally before repatriating the huge profits back to their home countries. That this sad state of affairs has led to the country incurring perennial huge trade deficits, in relation to our trading partners and to an exponentially growing public debt. The petitioner, therefore, requests the Senate to initiate steps to remedy this situation, including undertaking legislative measures that will, among other things:- (a) Substantially close the local market to all imported non-essential goods and services."
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