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"content": "The other issue raised by Senators is that we do a lot of blind training as it were. You will send some students to go and undertake a mechanical course or whatever it is. However, sometimes because you are just training blindly, they are not focused on the training. If this Bill were to be implemented properly, as suggested by various speakers, it would help in many ways. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one Member also talked about entertainment. I am not suggesting a Bill for goods only. In fact, one of the Clauses in the Bill does say that services are also an important industry which should be nursed. Again, we must guard against things which could have been done jointly, that every county starts trying to do one on their own. I am impressed by the economic bloc in the western part of this country which I think is really the way to go. If you process fish or cotton on your own, it is better if money, time and effort could be put together. Other countries do the same. Even economies like the United States of America (USA) and India have a National Industrial Committee, such that when you want to do something – although it is a free world and economy – the Government guides that you do not over do something which is already being done. They guide you because they have the statistics. Unless you convince them that it is for export and that you have a market, they will try to persuade you to do it this way and not that way. I was shocked to hear that even the tooth picks we use in our homes comes from China. Looking at the number of cypress trees at my place, it is really a shame. Another Member also raised an issue that even when you advertise for a small job and you expect may be 100 applicants, you end up with 3,000 or even 10,000. In one particular case, a Senator suggested that there could be 80,000. I felt shy of believing that. However, looking at the level of unemployment that we have, it is quite possible that, that is happening. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I may look for a way to bring an amendment so that it specifically includes future industries. For example, in this country we import a lot of palm oil. I am informed that palm and coconut oil are sisters and yet in our coastal region, although we have coconut trees, we are making mnazi, but not even planting new coconut trees. So, a county which wants to industrialise through coconut trees, for example, should be assisted in a 20-year programme to ensure that the country will not import palm oil from South East Asia and other places 20 years from today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was also a Member who talked about existing factories, and I could not agree with him more. If we are going to industrialize, the first thing that we must do is support existing industries. We must emulate other countries so that we do not engage in careless importation of goods. I do not know whether this has been done or what has happened, but we must make sure that we support our industries. The Executive must use the facilities of Parliament. That is why Parliament and their representatives are there so that some of these things are discussed properly. I am happy to hear that the governors and their executives in Homa Bay and Kisii counties are already doing something towards the kind of things that the Bill envisages. There were also quite a number of suggestions on the kind of membership that we may have at the County Industrial Development Board. I know that one Member here is thinking that we should not even have it, which I do not quite buy. We should have some kind of forum. What we need from this Bill is the word “executive”. This is because in my view, the Governor – I said this when moving the Bill – has a mandate of five years. The aspirations of a county last from generation to generation. 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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