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    "id": 583276,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki)",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Muriuki Karue",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to move this Bill. I rise to move that The County Industrial Development Bill (Senate Bill No.7 of 2014) be read a Second time. I wish now to give an overview of the Bill. It would suffice if I draw the attention of the House to Clause No.3 of the Bill. It gives the objectives of this Bill. In my view, it summarizes what this Bill is all about. (a) Promote and facilitate industrial development in the counties. (b) To establish viable industries in the counties that add value to the produce of the counties. (c) To enhance the economies of the counties, and; (d) Create employment opportunities within the counties through industrialization. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, each of the 47 counties produces one or more raw materials. The only disaster we have is that we are all virtually selling these raw materials in raw form. We are doing no value adding and even where we are doing so, it is in very little quantities. We are selling raw materials and we are losing a lot. For example, Kisii County produces a lot of bananas, but they are selling them between Kshs2 or Kshs3 per piece. When we are doing so, Italy is busy importing bananas from Venezuela and other places to make wine. Why are we not doing so in our country? This is what this Bill intends to provoke so that it can happen. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are dealing with raw materials, the kind of situation we have, for example, a county producing a common product like potatoes, I must admit that is one of my pet subjects, but you will find that a kilogramme will cost Kshs20. However, I have been to some countries where the same potatoes are converted or used to produce starch. A kilogramme of starch from the same potatoes, for example, will cost US$5 or thereabout, which is equivalent to Kshs500 per kilogramme. If the county producing that product is the one producing starch, even if the farmers do not get all the Kshs500 because there are also traders and other people in between, instead of selling for Kshs20 it should be Kshs100. This is the aim of this Bill. 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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