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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will try to summarize. I will take into account your sentiments. As I was saying, we are moving as the East African Community. We have already passed the three pillars that were set up by the East African Community partner states and we are looking at the political federation. We are saying that we cannot go into a political federation without setting up the base upon which that political federation, when it happens, will be able to stand on. Therefore, we were able to come up with a number of recommendations that I am going to indicate to the House in a short while. Note that if we ratify what is before us today, the East African Community will be a better place to be. This particular process will require the entire partner states to fund the initiative. If you have checked, most of the funding for projects within the region is by development partners. The rate is 70 per cent. We are saying that issues of peace and security are matters that must be taken care of by the countries themselves and not development partners. We are also saying that there are issues that affect our relationships like corruption. That is because corruption can weaken the security infrastructure. We also need to pass a protocol on good governance that is going to ensure that issues of security are not invaded by corruption. The Committee, therefore, came up with various recommendations. Having said that, we are being called upon to ratify the protocol and the pact, I will first of all submit on the protocol, which is the East African Community Peace and Security Protocol. The Committee, having considered the protocol and examined the presentations from various Government agencies and pursuant to section 8(4) of the Treaty making and Ratification Act, recommends as follows:- 1. The House ratifies the East African Community, Peace and Security Protocol. 2. The Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the National Treasury, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government, Parliament and all the implementing agencies should aggressively sensitize the public on the provisions of the Protocol. Consequently, the National Treasury and Parliament should allocate adequate resources to the implementing agencies to facilitate adequate public sensitization. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, the Attorney-General and all other implementing agencies should expeditiously identify the legal reforms to be undertaken to facilitate proper and timely implementation of the Protocol. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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