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    "id": 570244,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/570244/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the MDF according to Article 17 of the East African Community Protocol requires conclusion of all mutual defence pacts within one year of entry of force of the Protocol. The establishment of Paragraph 8 of the MOU of the tripartite initiative for fast-tracking the East African Community integration requires the following: An establishment of a defence pact with a summit as a supreme organ. It also provides for establishment of a collective defence territory. The MDP was signed by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda on 20th February 2014. The Pact is open also to signatures from other East African Community (EAC) member states. It provides a framework for collective action to threats to national security against partner states. The collective action is to be determined by the summit which is convened by the Chairperson and may include the use of armed force. It also provides that a threat to national security and collective action to be reported to the African Union and to the UN Security Council. 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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