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    "id": 749209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/749209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "lot of dumping in this country. We have seen people going to our neighbouring countries to exchange family business interests with the national interests. We know of that issue that caused hullabaloo the other day in Uganda. If we need to make this country good for the future generation, we must think about it first before self. Trade imbalances exist all over the place and they are encouraged by those in power because they are the ones who make decisions. There should be established an identification and reinforcement agency as is stated in this Bill. It will ensure that the goods that enter into this country are of good quality. It will also ensure that whatever we can produce locally is not imported. We need an agency that will ensure that we export more and import less. I will not unnecessarily criticise the system that is in place right now in Kenya because they have tried to revive factories and domestic industries. However, my question is: why revive and not support it? Why would you revive Mumias Sugar Company and then import sugar? Why revive Rivatex and still import mitumba? How can you claim to build something and then destroy it at the same time? It is important that when we put billions of shillings into the revival of these industries, we must at the same time protect them from global exploitation. This is something that we must do. Enough is enough. We must build our industries, encourage our young people to remain in Kenya and build Kenya because the kind of brain drain we are experiencing is traumatising. We are losing doctors, engineers and every professional that we have trained using a lot of resources. A Member just said that our country has not been experiencing rain. How do you have rain when you are destroying the environment? We have depleted our country’s forest cover by allocating forest land to individuals for political expediency and political benefits. So, we must reclaim our forests. We should stop the menace that is land grabbing and other evils. We should support this Bill because it is for the benefit of our people now and in the future. We must ensure that for us it is Kenya first before self."
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