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    "id": 977810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development more so, being a member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives. Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, under Vision 2030, Third Medium Term Plan (MTP III) and Big Four Agenda, a lot of emphasis has been laid on manufacturing and related activities, to the extent that it is expected to contribute 15 per cent to the GDP of the country. That has however not happened. In the past few years, the first CS in the 12th Parliament as well as the second CS did not achieve that target. We hope and pray that the new CS will come up with means and ways of actualising the target that has been set by the President. The issue of trade imbalance, difficulties faced by local traders and trade deficit, are matters that need to be addressed on a serious note by the CS in charge of this Ministry. As I conclude, Hon. Speaker, I echo my colleagues who have raised the issue of public participation in the vetting process. It is incredible and inconceivable that such a critical position has got no memorandum, either in support or opposition. We need to relook at how we undertake the vetting process and take it to the people so that they can have a say in everything that they do. Finally, Hon. Speaker, I hope the new CS, Ministry of Health will address the chaos that are at the NHIF. The harrowing stories coming from the people we represent are so heart- breaking, such that we need to address the mess at the NHIF. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I support the appointment of the two nominees for the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Trade, Industrialisation and Enterprise Development."
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