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    "id": 282414,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/282414/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
        "slug": "adan-keynan"
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    "content": "On the issue of regional economic and political integration, theoretically, we have always projected ourselves as the big brother in the region, but practically, we are the poorest when it comes to implementation. How do we explain a situation where today Kenya is the last in remittances of the East African Community (EAC) bills and yet we project ourselves as the big brother? Even to the countries that we have enticed to join the East African economic block recently, how do we explain our role? I am aware today and I am ashamed to say that Kenya has defaulted in her remittances to the EAC to the tune of Kshs600 million. How do we expect to benefit from this very important economic block if we do not lead from the front? This is why as much as theoretically this is a very important Speech, but is it being implemented? Are the different technocrats adhering to the Presidential Speech? The answer is no. They only implement to the extent that benefits them. How can we ignore the EAC and yet it remains our biggest trading block? How do we explain that Kenya has defaulted? How do we explain that our EALA representatives are the least facilitated? How do we explain that we do not follow procedures that will help us integrate properly as far as judicial, economic and political integration is concerned? We are the last in implementation. These are issues that we must address."
}