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    "id": 924931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Oyula",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph H Maero Oyula",
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    "content": "We need to go deep into the causes of what brought this country down. We need a team to go deep and find out the failures which caused these situations and get experts to advise us. This is just a question of revisiting those areas and ensuring the industries we were proud of as a country are reinstated. We also need to look at the cost of doing business because it went very high to the extent that our goods are overpriced. The Government also needs to particularly relook into the cost of power because it is contributing to overpricing of the goods produced in this country. We can talk a lot but if implementation is not forthcoming, the recommendations from this House will just be kept elsewhere. This House needs to look at the implementation side of whatever laws that are passed to promote industries in this country. For instance, look at our trade with Uganda. They used to import a lot of goods from Kenya. Now, the balance of trade between Kenya and Uganda is almost at par. This is because we have many goods from Uganda coming to Kenyan markets. Our people have slackened and corruption has eaten deep into the industries in Kenya. So, as we support this Motion we need to go back and look at the situation and come up with corrective measures which will encourage industries to grow in Kenya. Without industries and proper trade arrangements we will continue having increased trade deficit in this country. With those few remarks, I want to congratulate Hon. Waluke and ask this House to not only look at the past but also the future. Let us look at what we need for this country and how can we ensure that trade grows."
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