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    "id": 575052,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/575052/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the chance. I support the adoption of this Sessional Paper on national productivity, bearing in mind that this is an important policy statement to this country. The whole essence of this Sessional Paper is to ensure that there is effective production and, at the same time, ensure that productivity issues are managed properly. The end result of that is to have low cost goods and services. Those of us who have a bit of background in economics know that when goods and services are priced in a fair manner, then the cost of living in a country goes down. This is very important for the Kenyans who are in the poverty blanket. So, it is very important that we support the adoption of this Sessional Paper. I must appreciate what the Committee has done together with the Ministry in coming up with this Sessional Paper. If you do a comparative analysis, you will realize that, as a country, we are not doing very well in terms of productivity. We register very low growth rates compared to countries like Japan. That basically means that our goods and services are likely to be highly priced so as to factor in that high cost of labour because of low productivity. At the same time, it means that you need many more hands to produce the same goods as it would be required elsewhere. It is very important that we support this Sessional Paper. This country has been having a National Productivity Centre. It is unfortunate that even though that centre has been in existence for some time, it has not helped the country to register high productivity rates. Even as we adopt this Sessional Paper, it is important for us to make this centre to be more active in terms of what it is supposed to do. If it is a matter of supporting it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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