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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "that were put up by the colonialists. The new effort in the region to break down those physical barriers is an effort that should be supported. The destruction of those boundaries should not only happen physically, but should also happen in our minds. The mental divisions that we have as members of the different member States must also be destroyed because the mental barriers are barring the progress of the EAC. That is why I support the Report by this Committee. The observation by the Committee on the police roadblocks along the highway is an issue that this Parliament needs to take up seriously because we are creating human bottlenecks along a corridor that should be flowing in goods, services and even ideas. The archaic model of policing our roads using road blocks is well past its user date. In today's world, we are able to police traffic using technology. If we were able to upgrade our policing to today's methods, there is available technology in the form of surveillance, cameras, use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and new knowledge that is available for this country. The bottlenecks that we form in the name of police road blocks are slowing down the progress in terms of the exchange of goods, services and ideas. This is a great proposal by this Committee and road blocks should be done away with. Finally, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to put in one word that has to do with this region. We are freshly coming out of the delegation that you sent to Luanda, Angola, for the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The delegation experienced some great success. Members of this Parliament were placed in committees. Yours truly got re-elected as the President of an all- important bureau at the IPU. In this Region, I can proudly report to this House that the candidate we supported, Hon. (Dr.) Tulia Ackson, was elected as the President of the IPU. This is a President of the Parliament of Parliaments. The support that this Parliament gave to this candidate was invaluable. We celebrate the East African win in taking up that seat."
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