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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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    "content": " I appreciate, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am actually just trying to share information on the good practice in the European Union so that, as EAC, we can also move in that direction. We have massive resources in East Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the richest country in the world, in terms of strategic mineral deposits, yet it is one of the poorest countries when it comes to living standards. The resources we have in East Africa can give us almost 90 per cent of our needs but due to political instability in this region, we are not benefiting from those resources. We need to be our brother’s keepers when it comes to these issues. I am talking of issues of airspace. We need to harmonize taxation. Why do we have different navigational charges in the airspaces of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania when we can have a common tariff that is chargeable across the board? I am talking about issues of security agencies. We need cooperation in this area. We can consult Uganda to protect our borders. For example, the Greek Navy helped us a lot to tackle the piracy issues off the coast of Somalia. They are the ones who were credited for dealing with pirates who used to terrorise shipping lines operating off the Somalia coast. Nineteen countries in Europe came together and protected the water transportation corridor. Hon. Temporary Speaker. We need to ensure that we are safe in all the countries so that we can have free movement of goods and people across the whole of East Africa, including Somalia, which has many problems of insecurity. We need to start thinking broadly. Apart from raising money to finance these institutions, why can we not establish a common currency in East Africa so that we do not have to change Kenya Shillings to Ugandan Shillings every time we travel to that country, for example? We can come up with a very stable currency for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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