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    "id": 201865,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/201865/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kituyi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 293,
        "legal_name": "Mukhisa Kituyi",
        "slug": "mukhisa-kituyi"
    },
    "content": "At the last Summit of the East African Community, our President instructed the Ministers of Trade to explore the possibilities of negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as EAC. I think we must work on the EAC plus. East Africa should sign as one because we have a Customs Union. The more we are, the more we open the frontier for Kenya's commerce to prosper and expand. We are at the point where it is in our advantage not to turn our backs on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Malawi, which are offering to negotiate as part of the same team with Kenya. That is why those who see a problem in expanded mandate are seeing as if Kenya wants to negotiate alone. However, we are ready to share with Tanzania our common position and sign an EPA when it is ready together. The last issue was about bringing the agreement to Parliament. On the 31st day of December, 2007, the current regime of preferential market access comes to an end. We must have signed the agreement by 31st December. If the hon. Member will convene Parliament between the end of November and the last day of December to sign, I will be glad to bring it here."
}