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    "id": 370306,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/370306/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is high time we became proactive. We need to take what we deserve and not what other countries think is good for us. It is neither a token nor a favor to engage in trade with other countries. It has to be negotiated so that we get what is good for our country. What we have been doing in the past is that we have allowed ourselves to be given a carrot which is bitter service. We end up signing agreements thinking they have advantages only for them to turn out to have many disadvantages. My submission is that we need to ask ourselves what is there for us in the bill. In many cases you find that even countries that have not signed certain protocols end up forcing other countries to comply when they themselves have not complied. What is not good for them they think is good for others. In terms of trade, we have to break away from the past. We need to spend our energies on negotiations which will benefit us more, for example, with our neighbours here. Enough is enough. If our past partners do not agree with us, we can always go to the other parts of the world. We have the East and other emerging economies of Africa. It is here where we are likely to benefit and be respected. We have what it takes to take up that space. With those remarks, I support."
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