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    "id": 263134,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/263134/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": "Regarding the issue of voting, as I said at the beginning, are intergovernmental forums where different governments are meeting. In Intergovernmental forums all over the world, decisions are usually made through consensus because we want to build trust between those governments and also facilitate decisions to be made. You can decide that these governments are equal but they do not implement anything. So, what are you going to do? You can agree that a certain road will pass there and voting took place but the county that is affected by the road refuses to implement the decision. So, they end up going to court. What are you going to do? That is why you need consensus to build trust to make people agree. Voting is for assemblies like the Senate and the National Assembly. Where you come to government forums, the best approach, even in the East African Community (EAC) because we are intergovernmental, decisions are made through consensus. The most important thing is the trust that you build so that government business can move forward. If you build mistrust by voting, then some people from other counties which are affected would refuse to implement those decisions. This will cause problems. How do you resolve those problems? You do not resolve problems through a vote. Votes do not resolve problems. If it is an assembly it is okay but for these forums, let us stick to consensus building because these are facilitative and confidence building forums so that the work of the Government can be facilitated properly."
}