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    "id": 496639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/496639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "On the benefits, I think it is important to look at the question of integration in the EAC. If we look at what the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been able to do, we still have a long way to go. The boundaries in our EA countries continue to exist. Every time I travel to West Africa, I am happy to marvel at what they have created in ECOWAS. The boundaries in ECOWAS have collapsed. The countries in ECOWAS feel a lot more united. The members of ECOWAS even when we go to international meetings and they announce that ECOWAS can meet, there is no question as to who is ECOWAS. I remember when I was in the university and I was studying, we would even have a question and members of ECOWAS would want to submit one answer. The members on the EAC on the other hand, Kenya on one corner, Tanzania on the other corner and Uganda was in the other corner when ECOWAS was submitting one position. I think it is time we did what the West Africans are doing. The West African colleagues have become stronger and we in EAC have no choice but to follow in that direction. I am happy that the Committee has analyzed what ECOWAS has been able to do."
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