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    "id": 575075,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/575075/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "For us to achieve that level of productivity, we have to create awareness amongst Kenyans. They have to be conscious about labour management and how we can make our products competitive in the world. If we manage our labour properly after we adopt this Sessional Paper No.4, Kenyans will attain higher living standards. We will increase our per capita income like those tigers of South East Asia which were at par with Kenya at Independence. Our exports will be competitive in the world market. Today, we are talking about the labour market that is not properly regulated. It is not very competitive. When developed countries are working on robots and other gadgets to improve productivity and to fill in the gap where they have a shortage of work-force, most of our products are exported raw. We do not add value and that is why we get very small incomes from our exports. The products are exported when they are raw. We have to increase our exports. Most of them, because of training s good labour force, will improve the economy of this country. The Sessional Paper on National Productivity contains specific measures that, if undertaken, will address the past weaknesses that we have witnessed before. It will create productive and sustainable jobs. We will have rapid economic growth and most of the Kenyan labour force that goes to the market will get jobs. I want to say that in order for us to succeed in this policy, we have to promote national values. We have to be very focused, modernize the labour management and make sure that Kenya’s low productivity is changed. We have to embrace a paradigm shift and improve in areas where we are weak. The weak---"
}