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    "id": 85370,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/85370/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the balance of trade between our two countries, you will find that it is heavily tilted in favour of Russia. Russia talks about US$166 million in terms of imports to this country whereas our exports to Russia is about US$49 million. If you look at that, you will realise that we have a lot to do. There is a great and vast market out there. Kenyan tea is one of the finest tea in the world and it is sought after. This is not just in Russia but in the entire of Europe. I was surprised when I visited Egypt and realized that Kenyan tea is very popular there. With greater co-operation and development of this product we can improve our exports. It is not only Kenyan tea that is popular out there, but also Kenyan flowers, coffee and tobacco. Through such co- operation, we will strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, open up markets and improve our economic earnings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is surprising that even after the Russian Federation had clear direct flights between Nairobi and Moscow, we have not, up to now, taken or seized the opportunity to ensure that we have direct flights between our two countries. It is not only Russia we are talking about; in the US, we do have a clearance that, in fact, there was a scheduled direct flight between Washington and Nairobi and it is a shame that, up to now, several years after this clearance by the US and Moscow, as a country, we have not seized the moment to ensure that we have these direct flights that will boost our tourism and strengthen our ties with these great nations. Through this co-operation, we want to adopt this Report, we want to have a follow-up through the recommendations that the delegation has made so that we have continuous relations between our two parliaments and our two countries."
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