{"id":123097,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/123097/?format=json","text_counter":190,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In part “a”, the Minister was asked to table all the trade agreements and he has given us only one and yet Kenyans know that among the East African Community countries, we have a trade agreement where, in fact, Kenya has given in serious concessions leading to trade asymmetry between Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the others – Rwanda and Burundi. Could the Minister tell us the implications of this trade asymmetry that does not favor Kenya, given that now, Uganda has joined Tanzania in Tanzania’s reluctance to move towards the Customs Union, which was a reason why Kenya was giving those concessions in the first place?"}