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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I am a member of the Committee and I support this Paper. I agree with our Chairperson that we have no choice but to look forward as a country. In Kenya, we have no choice but to look forward to a rapidly changing world. It would only require a stranger in the world not to know that things are happening very fast globally. If you see what is going on in the United States of America, it is only countries that are strategic that are likely to survive economically. Kenya must also reform its foreign policy to conform with what is going on in the USA. In conforming with what is going on in the USA, we must place Kenyans first. We know many Kenyans have preferred the United States of America as a strategic destination for both tourism and education. However, given that there are challenges now in that direction, we must put Kenyans first. President Donald Trump is putting America first. Kenya must put Kenyans first. That will not mean that if we discover new frontiers, we will be ignoring the USA. If you have a friend who maybe… If I may give an example, as a woman, if you have a boyfriend that you love and you see him courting another girl and starting to look elsewhere, you do not bury your head in the sand. You start looking for options so that if he bolts, you have choices. So, Kenya should open its eyes. We have just come from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where we were a form of tourism attraction in that place. Most Uzbekistans have never seen black people. We were being stopped for photos. As a leader, I looked at the strategic things that Kenya can get from that country. Uzbekistan has international schools that are teaching English. That is an opportunity that we can exploit by taking our teachers there to teach English. There is an opportunity there for trade in that country. It is a virgin area that Kenya can consider. We cannot put all our eggs in one basket. So, Kenya must actually look forward. We cannot look East or West. We have no choice but to look forward. The other issue is that, as a country, we must be consistent. We are very good at coming up with very good legislations and policies. For them to be sellable, we must be convinced about what we pass as a nation, be it laws or policies. We must own and practice them. We must walk the talk. If Kenya says it is looking forward, then we should look forward. We should not look confused. As a country, we should see what works for us and put the interests of Kenyans first. The other issue that I want to say is that Kenya must also undertake a strategic review. Maybe, we did it when we were coming up with this policy. We are stuck many years back. When you hear Kenyans speaking, they keep talking about being the greatest economic hub. However, have they been to Ethiopia of late? When were they last in Arusha and Rwanda? While we sleep, our neighbours are rising. Kenya must place itself strategically economically, knowing that this is just like any business venture."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, when others see that we are doing well, they look for different ways to go ahead of us. If you go to Rwanda, it is the same thing you will see when 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": "you go to Tashkent. When you step in Kigali, the first thing you will see is how clean, tidy and safe the city is. Those are concepts that must be infused in any foreign policy document. We cannot say that we will promote tourism and people will come to Kenya when they are fearful that when they are in our country, somebody might grab their bags. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when we were in Tashkent, I was amazed. There were people assigned to us as translators, and they did an amazing job. And in our typical Kenyan way, we wanted to say thank you by tipping them. But they did not allow us to tip them. They said in their culture, a thank you suffices. Why can we not have those uniquely African Kenyan cultures that we are losing? They made us so attractive. For instance, teaching people to smile used to come naturally, but we are having challenges. It is fading away. Another unique culture we have is our hospitable nature, but it seems to be going out of the window. We need to leverage on technology, especially if you are talking about making Kenya a serious economic hub. I have also heard the Chairman speak about the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). I thank the Parliament of Kenya and ask that we take most Members of Parliament through the training on PPPs. Also, let us let the public know. If you look at what is happening in Ethiopia and other countries, it is because of PPPs. Unfortunately, we are so opaque in the way we do things. Maybe, because some few people want to steal from here and there. PPPs are the way to go, especially when we do not have other means of getting resources apart from taxing Kenyans immediately. That is because they will be taxed eventually. Finally, I suggest that Kenya must work stealthily, carefully and strategically as we forge ahead. We must walk the talk. Madam Speaker, I was giving an example here to Hon. Junet, as we are seated here, that there is a lot that is changing in the world, and we do not realise it…"
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"content": " Hon. Millie, I am here now. There is no Madam Speaker."
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"content": " Oh! Sorry, Mr Temporary Speaker. It is good, once in a while, for us to discriminate. You are always discriminating against us. Now that Madam Speaker has left, I was talking to Hon. Junet here earlier, and I was telling him that when I studied my Master's at New York University, I had to go physically to the University’s library and study. When I was at the University of Nairobi, we would go to the library and we would get the books, and when you open a page, you would discover that some malicious guy had chopped off the relevant pages that you were referred to. You spend all your entire life finding out: “Did anybody make a copy?” Right now, I am doing my PhD at Daystar University on leadership and governance. When I go online as I study, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tells me: “Why are you struggling while you can do X, Y and Z?” It is very tempting, but because I come from the traditional school, I want to study a journal. I actually love it, even when I have a book and a real journal in my hand, I read and highlight. That is my kind of thing. Now, the library has come to me. I do not have to go to the library and look for those pages. Our mind as a country is still where we used to go to the library to read journals where somebody has plucked off some pages. We cannot say we are technological as a country, but our psyche is still very analogue. We must know the world is moving extremely fast. When I was at New York University, if it were summer and you made reference to a study from the last summer, it would be outdated. The last ones you would refer to are the studies that were done in the winter. That is how fast the world is moving. In Kenya, we are 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": "trying to catch up. I can even see in my university, we are still referring to X,Y and Z, but we are not moving that fast. What I am saying is that we must change our psyche as a nation in the way we pass laws. We are doing excellent, because the majority or the average age of this Parliament is fairly young, and extremely well educated. Nowadays, I see Members bringing so many Bills. When I first came into this Parliament, if you brought a Bill, it was like performing a “miracle”. Now, it is different. We need to move from the “miracle” of passing laws and policies to implementing them. This is sometimes where the technocrats fail us. I encourage us to be true patriots. My little actions may not directly affect my child’s job prospects or my neighbour’s hospital bills, but I broke a piece of the complete whole when I did one wrong thing. Let us all learn to do things in the right way so that we can move the country forward. With those many remarks, I support."
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