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    "content": "but it is not producing enough to provide employment for his son. This is because instead of investing in the farming business, they think their son can only work in an office. The reason is that the income from farming is consistently very low. Under-employment has gone wild in the country. I believe if nothing is done, it will remain like that. We are going to have higher rates of unemployment. Look at the number of students leaving universities, secondary schools or Standard Eight. It seems unemployment will be around until Jesus comes back. In my view, industrialization is the answer. Industrialization may not have all the answers to unemployment, but it will go long way in addressing it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do listen to BBC, a programme called Economic Analyst. They bring a renowned economist each time. In one of the shows, about a month ago, he was analyzing what is happening per continent starting with Europe, Africa, Asia and so on. He made an observation that whereas the population of Africa is 15 per cent of the total population in the world, Africa was participating only to the extent of 1.8 per cent in the world trade. At the same time, trade between African countries is very low. First of all, the African trade is less than 2 per cent. The reason is that we are all producing and selling raw materials. If we all sell oranges, no person will buy oranges from the other because the product is the same. However, the same oranges are used to produce jam or juice. Even if you are an orange farmer, you will buy the juice or the marmalade. So according to him, the only way Africa can enhance its trade portfolio in the world arena is to do value-addition on what it is producing. A case in point is the tea export. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kenya produces a lot of tea. In fact, it is chief exporter of tea in the whole world. Britain does not produce tea. 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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