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    "id": 1363565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1363565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "appreciation the efforts by His Excellency President William Ruto to ensure that we will now be operating in a visa-free regime such that any African from any African country can come into our country without being asked for a visa. I listened to the President speak in an international forum in the DRC the other day where he enumerated to the congregants how the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) overcame visa barriers. It is high time we also overcame barriers such as police roadblocks that have become disincentives to trade and the free movement of both goods and people across our region. Uganda has been our number one trading partner in Africa for many years. Therefore, it becomes a hindrance when trucks that are registered in Uganda, Rwanda or the DRC take a long time to move from the Port of Mombasa across the border in Malaba or Busia. Therefore, many roadblocks become a hindrance to the efficient movement of goods and their timely delivery to customers in respective countries. Our Port of Mombasa has become extremely uncompetitive compared to other ports in the region."
}