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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I thank all Members who have debated this Report of the Committee on Regional Integration. With them becoming passionate, we are getting a majority because East African matters need to be known. What Members have said is true. There was a time we had East African Airways. The current Kenya Railways was the East African Railways. We had three universities: Makerere University, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the University of Nairobi. The three universities admitted students from East Africa. The University of Dar es Salaam had a specialization in law. Economics was at Makerere University. The University of Nairobi specialized in engineering. We still have the East African Cables. The benefit of being together is immense. Today, regional integration in the whole world is the way to go. I am happy because East Africa has gone a step higher. We are thinking of a tripartite where we will be coming together with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This means we can sit as three blocs in one and negotiate. When we are many, we can negotiate if there is any agreement. The other day the President of our country said how one white man spoke and addressed 55 of them. We have 55-member states in the African Union. We can be more advantageous and benefit more if we negotiate as one. Of course, we, as East Africa, start at home. As Kenya, we have a huge challenge that I throw to the Government and every Member who matters on matters of policy, sensitisation, and such, to try to embrace East Africa. What an Hon. Member has said here is true. When we joined the 13th Parliament, it was as if the Members sent to the Committee on Regional Integration were dumped there. It did not seem like a Committee that had value. Today, I can report to this House that, through the mandate of Standing Order 212, where we are left to examine records and inquire into any other matter, we engaged the Department of Immigration. We informed them we are custodian of people’s movement. People are not moving simply because they do not have passports. They The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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