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    "id": 998523,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "other day, we complain that we have a trade imbalance in favour of other countries. The work of trade has now been left to ambassadors who are busy with other things. In every mission abroad, there is a security attaché. There is a person from the National Intelligence Service (NIS). We have not given preference to trade attaches. I am happy that when I made this proposal to the BAC, they were able to consider about Kshs100 million which we are grateful for. We will at least get five or so attaché in those foreign missions. I do not know whether we should talk about “after COVID-19” because it started as an epidemic and now it is a pandemic. In future, it might be endemic. We might have to live with it. If we are to get out of this, we have to look for ways and means of how we will export our products. Who will promote the products? It is the trade attachés who will be stationed in the embassies abroad. We made various recommendations of how we can support our milk industry. I thank this House because we have been able to modernise the New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC). The reason we focus on the New KCC is that it is a buyer of the last resort. It is not like the other commercial entities. The New KCC always mops up the excess milk. We are happy because they have helped in stabilising the prices of milk. In this financial year, we had allocated about Kshs500 million for mopping up excess milk. We forgot that to convert this milk, you need modern equipment. The equipment at the New KCC is obsolete. I am happy that in this financial year, there was a consideration for money to buy equipment, so that we can modernise the New KCC and it can now compete with other private companies. Finally, moving forward, the National Treasury should work very closely with the ministries. When the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives appeared before us, they could not read from the same page with the National Treasury. They had their own proposals whereas the National Treasury had different proposals. In future, before they present their budget estimates, there should be concurrence. They should make sure that they also consider the Big Four Agenda. With those many remarks, this challenge has presented an opportunity that we as a country need to seize and make sure that we buy and build Kenya."
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