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    "id": 1237539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Why do we say this? If you are unable to interact well with some of the members who participate and only interact with the paper, then we obviously do not have the advantage to make queries and clarifications. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as a Committee, we considered this Report and we now urge this House to adopt it because it was to previously notify the House. Having examined the whole Report, hopefully in future, we will do much better. With that, I would not want to leave the Floor without reminding the Members the vision or the main agenda of African Union, which is aimed to be 2063. This is to become an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa driven by its own African citizens, which I know the men in the House would really love after the Motion of Ratification that we had a few hours ago. This will only be practical if those regional blocs continue to bite together. One of the objectives of Pan-Africa, as we have seen, is accountability and transparency. As blocs, we are not accountable and transparent. As a previous Member of East African Legislative Assemblies (EALA), I can speak about hundreds of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). We claim we are a common bloc as East Africans and that we can move from one point to another but when you are driving to any neighbouring countries, you will always find the NTBs. The mindset of our officers at the borders is outdated. We still use the system that requires a visa when traveling to Tanzania. Those are the issues that should guide us if we find ourselves reaching the 2063 agenda because each bloc must work towards that agenda."
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