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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "passed. If I missed it, Sen. Nyamunga will correct me. This is important because unless there are regulations to actualize the Bill, it can never cover everything. We need the regulation to ensure there are penalties and an amount to pay if you do not meet the requirements. It covers a lot of ground compared to the Bill itself. I, therefore, urge Sen. Nyamunga to include an amendment to give a deadline. This should come under the National Treasury and Planning. They need to prepare the regulation. I recommend that it be after six months of this Bill being signed into law. The other thing that I like in this Bill is that as much as most Bills provide a legal framework, this one further provides a basic agreement between people who are in regional economic blocks. What this does is that, if somebody wants to go to a regional block, instead of looking for some information in terms of developing an agreement, they have a high standard agreement, where everybody follows. However, if there are additional things that they require, they can also include it. At least, a skeleton framework of what needs to happen in that agreement is provided. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a good Bill. I urge my colleagues to support it. We can debate and do all these beautiful Bills, but unless we have 24 delegations to pass this, then all we are doing is telling bedtime stories. Many Senators, for example, Sen. Nyamunga, who has developed so many Bills, will go home with no Bills to their names. I urge my colleagues to come to the Senate especially today afternoon and we vote on most of these Bills which are in Second Reading Stage and finish with Third Readings, so that we can ask our sister house to fast truck. I beg to support."
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