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    "id": 737482,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice on the adoption of this Report about the Duty Free Shops at the JKIA and Mombasa International Airport. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have noted correctly that some of these Reports should attract a little more attention from Members than they have done today. It is true many questions and cases have been raised and the Government has lost a lot of money from the duty free shops. I join my colleague Hon. Sabina Wanjiru in requesting that we follow other international best practices as far as these shops are concerned. Every time we pass through the airports and see the products being sold, we raise questions on whether they are promoting Kenyan products as well. Many of the products in those shops are international brands. There is need to find out how the shops are given to their owners, the contracts, leases and how they handle emergencies. There are measures to be looked into as far as duty free shops are concerned. In my own respect and coming from Nyeri County where we have the best tea and coffee, it would help us if the duty free area where many visitors and other international guests pass by would have dedicated spaces for local products. This happens in a couple of other countries. If you go to West African countries and other African countries, you will find most of their local products being sold in their airports. In Geneva, you will find their chocolates and watches being sold and in other countries you will find the products they manufacture being sold in the duty free shops. Kenya should follow the same. I think the whole aspect is about looking at who gets awarded to sell at the duty free shops. I hope the Report addresses all these issues and gives measures we can take which will be useful to other airports as well. In Nyeri, we are in the process and have requested the national Government to expand Nyaribo Airstrip. We have products we think the international market would be interested in but 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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