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    "id": 1198655,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank our two colleagues who have responded to this Motion. They have spoken on behalf of the other Senators. I have taken keen interest in their contributions, both North and South, in terms of what EALA has been able to achieve. Sen. Oburu has served in EALA and he has been very optimistic about what we can achieve as EAC, through EALA Statutes and the four main Pillars. We have benefited from your wisdom, Senator. I also hear the concerns of my colleague, Sen. Mungatana. I largely agree with him that there is need to push EALA to be firmer with their determination. However, until all the seven partner States sign the Statutes that Sen. Oburu referred to, then I am afraid we will not be able to achieve what you are looking for. It is because as it is, resolutions of EALA just end up being urging partner States to do this or that. For example, as you may remember in 2013, the Pillar on Monetary Union was signed into action. However, because we have not ceded our sovereignty as a union to EALA, it then becomes difficult for us to achieve real and actual integration. Many of the resolutions will end up being statements of urging partner States to do as follows. It then goes to the Council of Ministers and we again wait for the annual Head of States Summit. If there is no goodwill in even one out of the seven, then the entire process forestalls."
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