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    "content": "Pokot South, JP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the President’s proposal which, of course, is in line with what our Committee had earlier suggested. Yes, we did public participation. We want to be on record that we did public participation. During the Second Reading of this Bill, I announced on the Floor of the House... I am on record. We conducted public participation and very many people came from Mombasa. The Senator of Mombasa County appeared before my Committee and made his presentations. I think, in terms of public participation, it was done. Let me speak about this as the Chair of that relevant Departmental Committee. One, what the Leader of the Majority Party has said about the President’s Memorandum is true. But what do we want to achieve as a country? I want to persuade Members to say that we have done a campaign and this is what we want to achieve as a country. We did a campaign, as a country, about the blue economy. It was from 2015 up to today. This has attracted a lot of investment to this country. The last conference which was done in the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) attracted more than seven Presidents in the world. They came to Nairobi on the issue of blue economy. Now that we are getting revenue and business coming to our country, the question, therefore is, who are we doing it for? That is why we are reviving the Kenya National Shipping Line (KNSL). There is nothing behind the scenes. We are reviving it so that we can benefit from our campaign. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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