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    "id": 1272524,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "from one country to another. Prices of commodities are standardized by the currency, and people agree on what to do in their regions. After establishing an economic union, the next stop is a political federation. A political federation is where a region has one president. Those who have achieved this are the United States of America (USA). Otherwise, each state would have been a different country. There is no one else who has achieved that. The USA has enormous power because everyone in the country thinks in unison. They think as a country, develop, and grow as a country. However, they have individual state-specific issues that they deal with. Exposing the Committee to what happens in Arusha was an excellent idea because knowledge is power. Even as they think through and pursue issues that the Committee needs to do in the next four or five years, it was important for them to go to Arusha to understand exactly what is or is not functioning. They need to be apprised of what investments have been made and how they benefit our countries. Going the integration route is the only way that Africa can help herself. Two days ago, I saw an African anthem. I heard the words which talked about unity, development, and togetherness. Those words were in Kiswahili, Africa's most widely spoken language today. We may say the most commonly spoken language in Africa today is Kiswahili. However, if you look at Africa, the entire West Africa does not speak Kiswahili. A bit of Central Africa and Eastern Africa has more or less influenced the choice of language. What are we saying? If we could speak the same language, we would have been more advantaged as a region. It is our responsibility to grow and develop Africa. Let no one ever imagine somebody coming from outside and developing Africa. Whatever comes from outside goes back in whichever way it is. It goes back in a bigger way than it came. What we need as Africans is to think of how we can support each other to grow our regions and therefore grow Africa as it were. If we sat down as Africa, we would identify our areas with whatever potential. Where do we have the potential to develop what? Where do we have the capacity to grow what crop? What raw materials do we have? We would know the kind of industrialization to approach in certain regions and how to share these resources across Africa. As we look at growing Africa as Africans, we must look at how East Africa positions itself to engage the rest of the African regions. That is why knowing or understanding what happens at the East African Community level is very important. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Africa needs the rest of the world. All right. However, Africa needs to organize herself better to better engage the rest of the world."
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