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    "id": 572350,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/572350/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "I have said very clearly that I used to teach International Trade and Investment Law. Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'- Nyong'o is seated here and can attest that unlike Kenya, all my lecturers that taught me in America, including Obama when he used to teach, once you have your PhD, you do not have to go and study again for professorship. However, in Kenya, you have to go formally through the process of doing a PhD. I do not want to dwell on that. One of the things that the African countries must do is to remove the mentality in our minds that we must move everywhere when we meet sovereign nations with begging bowls. It must be an opportunity for us to exchange what we have with the USA and take what they have. This is the great opportunity that we will have on Saturday when entrepreneurs meet at the Global Summit. It will be a great opportunity for us to export our goods to the USA and for the investors to come here and invest in the large-scale and small-scale industries. It is also another great opportunity for us to discuss how we can improve on the already existing trade agreements, including African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which I must confess here that in my stay in Washington DC, I had an opportunity to go and lobby before the Senate Committee on Foreign Trade for the extension of AGOA to 2015 and it is now going for further extension. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is therefore important for us to imagine and think beyond petty things. We should think about how to improve our trade, investment and opportunities for us to fight terrorism. I was shocked to watch the CNN reporting that President Obama is visiting the hotbed of terrorism. Our country has been misrepresented The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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