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"speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " Hon. (Dr) Wilberforce Oundo is recognised to contribute."
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"speaker_name": "Funyula, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. I had the privilege to listen to the nominee when she came to make her presentation before the Committee. By The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "looking at her CV, any misgivings I had about her immediately vanished. So, I sincerely support. As I support, I want to raise three fundamental issues. I will speak to her and the people of Kenya through this Floor. Africa only contributes 3 per cent of the global trade. On Kenya's contribution, your guess is as good as mine so she has a tough task to do. One is to make sure that we reclaim back our lost significance in the East Africa regional trade. Uganda used to be our biggest trading partner but because of geopolitics, we are slowly losing that market. We must reclaim our dominant position in East Africa and the rest of African. That will require a lot of repositioning and investment to ensure that our products and services meet the international standards. The international trade is becoming extremely competitive in terms of logistics and cost of production. It will be a tough call for her to deliver. The splendid CV she has might end up counting for nothing. She may just walk through the Department and leave after nothing has been done. As I conclude, I urge her to re-energise the programme dealing with the value chain now. It is dead. She should pump in more energy to make sure that the economy changes for the better. Thank you. I support"
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"content": " Hon. Rindikiri Mugambi, the Member of Parliament for Buuri."
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"speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Motion on approval of Ms Regina as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Trade. The task at hand is quite enormous. We know where we are coming from and where Kenya is going. The attempts of the Government to transform the economy of this land needs a lot of coordination between different sectors that form the trade block. We are talking about inward trade and outward trade. When we talk about inward trade, it is about the products that come into our country and when we talk about outward trade, it is about the products that leave our country to other countries. If you go to our supermarkets, you will notice that Kenya is like a supermarket of all products in the world. What am I saying? As a country, time has come to enhance our products so that they are competitive in the international arena. As the Government, our commitment through the President who works round the clock is to enhance the saleability of our coffee and tea in the international market. He has done quite a lot including enhancing or removing taxes on products that go towards packaging of tea and coffee."
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"content": "The job of the Principal Secretary is to coordinate with other sectors like the ministries in charge of agriculture, trade, and local and international relations. That includes all our embassies, high commissions, and consulates. We have seen many boardroom Principal Secretaries who do not work very closely with the international arena through our embassies, consulates, and high commissions. When Ms Regina takes up the role, we hope she will do a lot of coordination with various sectors and the representatives of Kenya in the international arena."
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"content": "We expect the new Principal Secretary to align our trade conventions. That is where we get a raw deal. We expect her to go and look at international conventions on trade and try to align Kenya because we have some preferential treatment in certain areas. We expect her to take keen interest in that. We have very many products that can be exported out there but they lack a push. They lack coordination and international marketing. We expect the new Principal Secretary to take up that responsibility. Without that commitment, we will not go anywhere. I hope and believe that she will fit in because she has grown up in the public sector. She has grown up in the investment line. Therefore, we think she is the best candidate for this. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "I support."
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"content": " Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, Member of Parliament for Westlands."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to support the appointment of Ms Regina Akoth as the Principal Secretary of Trade. I will pick up from where the Leader of the Majority Party left. Whatever is happening to world trade in America is a wake-up call for Africa. Africa must now wake up and start trading among ourselves. We should now find our market in Africa. We can sell our products even in Kenya. We produce the best coffee but when you travel, you will never see even Kenya Airways saying there is Kenyan coffee when you ask for coffee. They are always selling ‘coffee’. People who come here take our coffee, blend it with just a small percentage of other coffee and rebrand it. You will find it labelled “Ethiopian Coffee” or some other coffee. Even our tea is also the best yet we do not market it properly. We need to find a way to identify our market in Africa. Many countries in Africa can trade with us and Kenya can become a leader in that. The Principal Secretary must now open up the African frontier so that we start increasing our market beyond our boundaries. I support and wish the Principal Secretary the best in the department as she takes up her new role."
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