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    "id": 1074295,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1074295/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, if you look at the fundamentals of Tanzania from an economic perspective, if you look at its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) currently and its stock of minerals and wealth, if you look at its natural heritage and the manner in which it has been preserved over the years, it tells you that, indeed, Tanzania has been a sleeping giant but the sleeping giant has now woken up. If the sleeping giant wakes up as Tanzania has awoken, we need to be sure that it is not going to run over the other people in its vicinity. We need to be sure that it is not going to run over Kenya, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With Mama Suluhu’s leadership, we are assured and get the confidence about Tanzania’s intent of being a responsible member of the League of Nations within East Africa and in Africa generally. Just last week, Tanzania agreed to the One Network Area (ONA) Agreement which to many people who do business between Kenya and Tanzania is going to be a great sigh of relief. One of the most iniquitous things in this region is the mobile phone and the capabilities that it enables for trade, commerce, conversation and communication. Before the ONA Agreement, it was very expensive to make telephone calls in and out of Tanzania. Whereas other countries in East Africa had already agreed to be part of the ONA, it was only last week or during the previous one month that Tanzania made that decision. Admittedly, it is reported that the decision was made when the late John Pombe Magufuli was president but the execution and delivery of that decision was made when Samia Suluhu had taken over the reign power. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have seen the President of the United Republic of Tanzania being very keen and assertive when it comes to issues of infrastructure. We have seen the agreements that the United Republic of Tanzania has signed with the"
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