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    "id": 496642,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "There is no need of feeling superior or feeling like our history is the best. I would not want a situation in which Kenya compares itself to what the UK continues to do in the EU. Very soon, as you know, the House of Commons, is going to be debating the question of whether the UK is going to remain a member of the EU. I am one of those who are hoping that the UK is going to chose to be a member of the EU. In the same strength, Kenya is a strong economy in EA but it is going to help us more for us to be a member of the EA and to agree to a monetary union so that when you want to travel to the other EA countries, you do not need to change currency. You carry the same currency that you have and that currency can be used. Just recently when we did the Migori hearings with the Budget Committee, our colleague, hon. Ndiege took us to Isebania and from there we crossed to Serare. While you can see both sides of the border; from the Kenyan side you can see Isebania and from the Tanzania side you can see Serare, when you go there, you have to change to Tanzania Shillings. You are eating the same food; you are consuming the same drinks; you are using the same airtime but just across the border, two or three meters away, you have to change currency. There would be no reason to do that. We have Kuria people on our side of the border in Isebania and we have Kuria people on the other side in Serare. They speak the same language; they have the same culture and same traditions. Why would you make them change the currency just because of a border? I know you know the story of the man who came at night after the borders had been drawn through the scramble for Africa. Remember the borders are not ours. A man went to drink on the other side of the country; when he came back at 2.00 a.m. in the night, he found that he was in a different country and he was required to travel 400 kilometers away from his home to get a passport to access his own bedroom because the bedroom was on the other side of the border."
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