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    "id": 1220357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Naivasha, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jayne Kihara",
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    "content": "Like it has been said, there are issues that we raised. We said that we could not make conclusions there unless and until they are brought to this House to be amended. There were issues that were good. They were discussed in detail in various committees, for example, economy, trade and anything that would work for the good of mankind. However, dishonesty comes in when the European Union wants to divide the regions so that they deal with individual states or regions. They would like to have in place a Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly; a Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly; and an African-EU Parliamentary Assembly. The whole Assembly did not agree on that because there would be no need to call it a union if you segregate us according to regions. It was clear from the Assembly that we can only work with the EU if we are united. They want to separate us because we have numbers when it comes to voting. If we are divided, they will override us in their aspirations. Our leader of delegation was able to articulate a Motion on pesticides that she has brought to this House, and which we have since passed. It was supported on the Floor because they bring us pesticides that they do not use in Europe. She articulated that very well. There were countries which would vote depending on how Kenya was voting because we are a very critical country. Kenya was one of the three visible parliaments. It was very clear that Nigeria was missing. We know that they were having elections. South Africa’s pulling out was also a disadvantage to the region."
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