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    "id": 1272513,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1272513/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " She is very happy. Then I am also very happy to remind her that, as a Community, we have missed quite a bit. If we went with the same spirit we had that time, this region would be doing very well. The Chairlady spoke very well that even inter-trade between the countries has been constrained. I do not know for what reasons. This House should take this Report strongly and encourage the East African countries to revive the idea that we had. Although this was colonial days, we should revive inter-trade, other relations, and even schools. My brother went to Makerere University. At that time, it was only Makerere University, Dar es Salaam University and the University of Nairobi. The University of Nairobi came much later. Again, we miss that opportunity. As a country and region, we have missed quite a bit. I travelled recently to Busia, and there were many roadblocks, and you wonder why they are there. The trucks that leave this country to the west go all the way to the East African countries. The Presidents of all the countries in the region should come together and encourage the inter-country trade relationship. I went to Arusha recently, and again you are searched as if you are a foreigner. At this rate, I will not be surprised if we are asked to acquire visas to visit our neighbouring countries. We should do much better than what we are doing today to be able to revive some of those activities. The population of East Africa is going up every other day, and if we can improve the relationship between the countries, we will be able to have inter-state trade, and we will do much better than we are now. There are a number of things that we can list, and the Chairlady must have all those things. We need to be serious and even dictate. We even had Ministers from the East African Community. We prefer going to China, Europe, and other places when we have a relationship with a region with everything we need. We can export that kind of thing to these countries and improve the status of our country's economy. I want to support this Report and hope this Parliament will force the countries. Kenya was the leader of the East African Community. We should even revive that. Hon. Temporary Speaker, do something about it…"
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