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    "id": 1461361,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Every institution of the Community we visited, in the Central or Northern Corridor, there was always the challenge of inadequate professional staff. You would find a whole institution with only two skilled staff. We, therefore, ask the Council of Ministers to consider increasing the budget of the Community. Most importantly, we observed that air transport within the region is very expensive. This House must know that as per the Treaty, we can only urge the Council of Ministers to consider harmonising the air taxes and lobbying the republics of Uganda and Tanzania and other republics which have not signed this protocol, like the republics of Kenya and Rwanda, so that we have fairly affordable air travel that will make intra-community states trade to thrive. The Committee asks for fast-tracking of the Act of 2017. The Regulations were to assist the Community in removal of non-tariff barriers. Just by way of information to this House, the Budget of EAC has a vote that normally facilitates the Non-Tariff Barriers Department but without operationalization of the Act, not so much can happen. I also ask through the Committee, that the Council of Ministers considers to finalise the process of national consultations to harmonise the Treaty. The National Assembly is also expected to take its recommendations because the Treaty was created when the Community had only three-member states. It is now time that the Treaty is amended."
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