{"id":496617,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/496617/?format=json","text_counter":124,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Iringo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1574,"legal_name":"Cyprian Kubai Iringo","slug":"cyprian-kubai-iringo"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand guided. I stand to support this Report and I urge my colleagues in this august House to support and accept the ratification. From the outset, I will say that, as Kenyans, we cannot live in isolation from the other communities of the world. We cannot live in an island of our own. The direction the world is moving today, as a global village, is integration and co- operation so that countries can achieve, or maximise on their regional integration as far as the economy, social aspects and politics are concerned. At the end of the day, we are looking at this process which will take time. However, we have come from far away, that is, since the breaking of the old East African Community in 1977. We have been trying to correct where we went wrong and I believe we are on course. We have got four pillars in this integration and most of them or some of them, have already taken off. In customs, you find that we have got Uganda Customs Officers stationed in Mombasa to ease the clearance of their goods. This is because once their goods are cleared in Mombasa by their officers, they just go all the way to Kampala or to their destinations without the cumbersome practice of having to be inspected again. That saves in time and also costs."}