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    "id": 812624,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate the Senator for Nairobi City County for bringing this matter to this House. It is high time that we, as a nation, started to relook at the kinds of relationships we have with whoever wants to partner with us in development. Sixty years after Independence, it is very sad that the Senate of the Republic of Kenya is discussing racism. For so many years, the Kenyans fought to have their own dignity. Today, we have a situation where Kenyans are being treated like labourers in their own country. This is not all. I beg to inform the House that if you are a Kenyan and you go to China and you intend to start a small business, first of all, you will not be allowed to start any business if it is not 55 per cent owned by the Chinese. That is where we need to revert. Today, we are seeing the Chinese peddling wares in our markets all over the country. They have an attitude that we are lesser human beings and that they are of a superior extraction. This is something that, as a country, we cannot accept. Getting back to the SGR, I would like to congratulate the Chairperson of the Committee for summoning the people who are concerned in the management of SGR. It is a project that Kenyans are proud of. However, being proud of a project does not mean that our people should be treated in an inhumane manner. Most of these Chinese truck drivers you see are actually prisoners. We all must know that China has a policy of exporting its excess labour to the developing world. If they want to do that, this country must state categorically that we do not want those kinds of fellows. This must be made very clearly that we do not want prisoners and misfits in this country. 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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