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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "That is correct, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. That is very right. Having gone through the Report and having seen what the Chairlady has recommended in terms of the amendments that need to be done, I have no doubt that these areas have exhaustively been addressed. As the National Assembly, our role is to give input, just as we are doing now and as the Committee Report has done, so that EALA can now go ahead and do the rest. As I end, the people and the governments in the East African Community must see the larger benefits of the union and not get carried away by the feeling that if they open up, they might lose a lot as a country. We need to borrow the practice that exists in places like the European Union. It is a place where there is free movement of people, labour and capital. This is very important. If you are a Tanzania investor and you see an opportunity in Kenya, then you have all the reasons to come and do your investments in Kenya, the same way a Kenyan investor should be free to invest in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda or all the other countries referred here. Businessmen and women are quick to identify opportunities, but often they are held back by the fact that they do not have the necessary existing legal framework to enable them to go and take those opportunities. Finally, we will have an opportunity to share a vast cultural diversity. This is a region which is very rich in culture and can attract, by opening our borders to each other, very large numbers of tourists. They can stay two nights in Rwanda, another two nights in Maasai Mara and finish up at Amboseli. They can even fly to Dar-es-Saalam, so that the benefit of attracting tourists is also shared across this region. I support this 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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