{"id":1031551,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031551/?format=json","text_counter":95,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta","speaker_title":"His Excellency the President","speaker":{"id":168,"legal_name":"Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta"},"content":"This agreement brings the 54 African nations under one common market with a population of 1.2 billion and a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than US$3 trillion. Indeed, as a champion of Africa’s integration, I am elated that this agreement has officially entered into force and became operational on 1st July 2020."}