{"id":1353390,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353390/?format=json","text_counter":256,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanjiku Muhia","speaker":null,"content":"From a regional perspective, the issue of foreign exchange will come to an end when we have a common currency. Some years back, Kenya felt like the region’s “big brother” when we brought up the subject of a common currency. Kenyans thought about who will carry countries A and X. I do not think that conversation is still ongoing today. If we have a common regional currency, we can negotiate on debts from a stronger position. Some countries like China have an appetite for lending. If we have a common regional currency, there is no way they will lend to us in US dollars. They will have no choice but to lend to us in our common currency."}