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    "id": 436040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/436040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for us who come from border places like Taveta, we appreciate quite a lot of things that happen. This Motion and the Bills that are attached to it are coming just at the right time. It should have been done, in fact, earlier on because that is what would have brought an improvement to our people. Cross border business has always been a nightmare. Things are put in place but, somehow, we find Kenyans suffering going across the other side. Those are teething problems and I am sure they are being sorted out by the Ministers who are in charge of EAC. However, I just want to point out that because we come from the border places, we see quite a number of children coming from across and when they go back, they have a problem of being integrated back. Even when our children go there and they come back to Kenya, they have a problem of being integrated back into our systems simply because the education curricula are not harmonized. There are certain things that people have not learnt, and which would be useful to EAC. So, this Motion is just it. I am sure that every community that lives in border areas appreciates this Bill more than other people who, maybe, do not even know what happens there. I am well informed that we have 10,000 lawyers in this country. Those are professionals who are well educated and endowed with the right background and foundation to practice law all over. This is the time we really need to move and use those good brains. Even internationally, our lawyers are known all over. Back home, within the EAC, they have to be appreciated. More so, you find Kenyan lawyers even being consulted by lawyers from other countries to see how the lawyers from other countries can benefit. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of co-operatives, again, I want to say the same. We cannot empower people without having a co-operative---"
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