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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "We visited Burundi and last week we were in Uganda. We shall visit Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and United Republic of Tanzania. The views we are getting are more or less the same. When I say “we” it is the Committee of Experts appointed by heads of state of East Africa to look into this issue. I thank the President for appointing me to represent Kenya together with Mr. Kiguta, who for ten years, was the Director-General of the East African Customs Management. Together, we represent Kenya on that particular Committee. That is what we are doing. I am happy that we have specific laws in our Constitution, which underpins that. As you have heard, the people wanted this. Madam Deputy Speaker, on the issue of integration, there is a New Clause 18 (a) (2) (h). It will be the duty of all of us to promote unity and dignity of Africa and her people. It is now clearly stated in this amendment. I totally support this. For the first time, we have provided a whole paragraph on economy and shared prosperity. If you read the BBI report, which led to this particular recommendation to amend our Constitution to include that, you will realize that the BBI reported a bottom-up approach to our economy. It is not a monopoly of one wing of a political party. It was the BBI that recommended a bottom-up approach to our economy. It said in its Report that we should have an economic revolution in the country because of the widening gap between the rich and poor. As we go on, the rich will become less and the middle class will drop down to the poor. That is a big recipe for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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