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"content": "Hon. Members, at Order No.12, the Mover has 16 minutes to go. Hon. Wanjiku Muhia, continue."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity, on behalf of my Committee on Regional Integration, to congratulate our two colleagues, Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Wandayi. I wish to escort Hon. Wandayi with a hashtag that we normally use in Kipipiri. We say: “Lighting up Kipipiri.” So, I want to tell him, as the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, to have the same and say: “Lighting up Kenya.” I wish them success. I am sure they will put this country where it should be. Hon. Speaker, I moved this Motion. However, in a nutshell, this is just to bring Members up to speed by refreshing their memory. The Motion was about the visit to EAC semi-autonomous organs. I want to speak about the institutions that the Sub-Committee visited. They were the High Commission of the Republic of Kenya in Uganda. We practise that in every partner State that we visit. The other main institutions the Sub-Committee visited were the Inter-University Council for East Africa in Kampala, Uganda; the East African Development Bank in Kampala, Uganda; the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASOA) in Entebbe and the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation in Jinja. I know Members tend to confuse the Lake Victoria Basin in Kisumu with the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation in Jinja. They are similar in functions but different in structure."
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"content": "[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"
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"content": "[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) took the Chair]"
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"content": "The purpose of that visit was to appreciate the operations of East African Community (EAC) organs that facilitate EAC integration and to establish the basis for creating awareness in the EAC region on the role of the Parliament in the integration process. The other purpose is to enhance the mutual relationship and sustainable networking between the National Assembly and the EAC organs and institutions. It also aims to get feedback and recommendations from those institutions and organs on areas of policy support and advocacy that may be required from the National Assembly. The Committee made several observations and, among them, it found that the lack of legal framework for the elimination of non-tariff barriers due to the delay in finalising the amendment of the EAC elimination of the Non-Tariff Barriers Act of 2017 and its regulation is still lagging behind the EAC in terms of integration. Intra-trade in EAC has remained low for a number of years. It is estimated to be about 10%, while international trade is driving it to almost 90%. This should not be the case. We should trade more with each other, noting that we are close to 500 million citizens, especially after DRC Congo joined the community. There is a disparity of privileges accorded to the community's organs and institutions, depending on the host partner State. The ratification of the protocol on privileges and immunities would address this challenge. As we know, in EALA, Bills emanate from the council. The Council of Ministers, and in this case, this National Assembly, can only ask its own Minister to consider this and put it to EALA, where it would be worked upon. Some services, particularly those in the telecommunication and air transport sector, continue to be unreasonably expensive, despite agreements at various levels to make the services affordable. You would know that flying to Dar-es-Salaam is more costly than flying 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": "to Dubai. This has been going on despite the discussions. All national assemblies with EALA on board should consider this so that the airspace is opened and transport can be available. In the same spirit of regional integration, the EAC region deserves to develop one regional airline. It worked very well when we were young or before some of us were born. However, after the collapse of the EAC, that single airline, East African Airways, also collapsed. We hope it can be recommitted. However, the Committee notes the clamour by partner States to have national airlines, which is likely to create more confusion and losses in the aviation industry. Some partner States are yet to ratify important regulatory documents under the Open Skies Initiative. For instance, only the Republic of Kenya and Rwanda have signed and ratified that protocol. Different fuel licensing fees make air travel in this region very expensive. While we speak of expensive air travel, even if we sing about the free market, trading and inter-trade from morning to evening, it cannot thrive under those harsh circumstances. The traceability system initiated by Lake Victoria Fisheries in Jinja is instrumental in successfully marketing fish to the European Union, because it enables consumers to trace back the fish marketed in Europe to landing beaches in the country of origin. A similar mechanism does not exist for regional and domestic fish, giving it a unique and attractive avenue for fish consumers, particularly in Europe. That is because they can already trace the origin, and ensure they conform to their standards. The efficient management of lake resources has the potential to attract industrial development. More than 17 industrial processing plants in the Republics of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are already processing fish from Lake Victoria. This is because the three partner States have that common lake, while the other partner States, Rwanda and Burundi, do not."
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Yes, Hon. Member. What is your point of order? Is that Hon. Ken Chonga?"
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am wondering whether the Standing Orders of this House allow us to continue with this business. Looking at how empty the chairs inside here are, do we really have the quorum to conduct this business? Kindly give directions."
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