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    "id": 1316342,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this golden chance to contribute to the debate on this Report, which prescribes a One-Stop Border Point for this country and all our neighbouring countries. The Committee has done a commendable job because enhanced trade is the only way through which our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow. Unless we simplify trade, movement of goods and services and human beings across our borders, we will be impeding our hope for a faster economic growth. I am particularly excited that the Committee went into great length of examining the documentation that accompany the goods that flow from country to country. A simplified certificate of origin that accompanies goods will help the citizenry of States that are interested in trading with citizens of other States. It will also make it easier to asses any taxes that are applicable to goods being shipped across borders and enable expedition of clearance of goods at our border points. I am particularly impressed that KRA has been shouldering the cost of making the One-Stop Border Point work. I urge all the other actors within the Government agencies and our good neighbours that an idea of this nature, which will make our economies grow, should be embraced by all. Each player should do what he ought to do to make it work. I am also humbled because we have the AfCFTA. If the EAC leads, like Kenya is doing, I am sure we will have a borderless continent where goods will move from northern to southern Africa unhindered. It will defeat the purpose of investing in major infrastructure across the continent if our goods and people will not move freely and exploit or take advantage of it to ensure that farmers and business people get returns on their investments. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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