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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of cross-border trade, we are referring to Kenyans’ reports about the hurdles they face when they go to neighbouring countries to do business, or when they pass through neighbouring countries on transit to other neighbours. There have been cases of discrepancies in the application of laws, but, luckily, last year in November, the five East African Countries signed the East African Common Market Protocol, which comes into force on the 1st of July, 2010. As of 1st of January, 2010, the duties were all removed in terms of the trade within the region; that has reduced some of those hurdles that were there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did launch in Mombasa a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regional customs transit guarantee. That, again, is going to help in terms of trans-shipment of cargo by having one document acceptable throughout the region. So, some of these issues may have been historical, but the efforts that we are now putting in as the five regional Governments between Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, and also within the wider COMESA and then within the wider Africa by integrating COMESA, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and East Africa Community (EAC) will specifically help in terms of cross-border trading and in terms of ensuring that everyone who has something to sell can move capital, goods and intelligence and sell or market it within the region. So, there are processes or things which are happening, and I believe that you will see the true benefit of that from the 1st of July, 2010, with the Common Market Protocol coming into due force."
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