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    "id": 1055395,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1055395/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Before arriving at that decision, we asked ourselves very pertinent questions. The first question was: What is the historical relationship between Kenya and the UK in trade matters? The second was: Is this EPA a new animal or we are simply rolling over from the 2016 paper that was signed between EAC and the EU? The question at hand here, and many Members have continuously asked is: What is in it for Kenya? Historically, Kenya has always had a positive trade balance with the UK. It is contemplated based on the projections submitted by the various economists both in the Office of the President and the Ministry itself, that ratification of this treaty will enhance trade arrangement between Kenya and the UK. We stand to gain much more. There have been many issues raised on whether it means that the ratification of this Agreement will have items coming from the United Kingdom duty free. That cannot be far from the truth. It is a lie because we already have an existing arrangement of several items that are duty- free, that are quota-free. We are simply retaining the status quo. The UK exited European Union (EU), and it is trading on its own. If Kenya does not ratify, it therefore means that Kenya will not be given those arrangements of duty-free, and quota-free because Kenya is not a least developed country (LDC) like her other colleagues in the East African Community."
}