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    "id": 737837,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/737837/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Hon. David Ochieng for coming up with this Bill. I want to declare that I was a businessman before I became a Member of Parliament. In the interest of our country, this Bill has come at the right time. There is need for us to set up the Kenya Trade Remedies Agency. Currently, we have multiple agencies that deal with importation of goods in this country. I have in mind the Ministry of Trade and Industrialisation, the Customs and Excise Department that check on importation of products into this country. We have suffered because we seem not to be having a clear agent to distinguish items that are locally available. You and I know the history of this country. Very many industries have closed down. You can name as many as 20. I have in mind the Rivatex in Eldoret, Pan Paper in Webuye, KICOMI in Kisumu, the Thika Textile Mill and the Leyland in Thika. Even General Motors (GM) is also trying to stay even. Many of these industries have closed down because of unfair importation of similar products that were supposed to be produced in this country. 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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