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    "id": 868768,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/868768/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Adan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13420,
        "legal_name": "Adan Haji Yussuf",
        "slug": "adan-haji-yussuf-2"
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    "content": "I stand to support this very important and timely Bill. Accreditation is everything in making sure that the right things are at the right place at the right time. But when accreditation is not credible, that is when we have problems. We are normally very good in putting things on paper, but when it comes to the actual implementation, maybe because of corruption and other cultures within us, we dilute the very important and nice things that we put on paper. For example, I hear that this basket called kiondo which was born in Central Kenya is patented by another county. Just imagine that! Everybody in his right sense knows that kiondos originate from Kenya. This is where it was born. If the patency is with another country, then it means that in the world market, the kiondo is sold by that country. Even if Kenyans wanted to sell it in the world market, they would have to sell it through the country which has patented it. This is because we have things on paper, but practically, we have problems. Another example I can give is the commodities marketed in the international world using a certificate of origin from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and yet the products come from Somalia. This is to say that much as we have accreditation in place, it is not adhered to. This is a very timely Bill, but we must ensure that its implementation is done to the letter in order to bring order and relativity into the world market. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. It is very timely. Thank you."
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