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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Ng’ang’a",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. Being a Member of this Committee, we have been following this issue at length. Before we tabled this Motion, we had come to a conclusion that there is need for this Motion to be brought to this House. For a long time, East African countries have been treating each other with a lot of suspicion and threatening each other. If we want to have peace and to develop, we must march together as nations, so that we can outwit our enemies who are surrounding us. For example, we are being threatened by some of our neighbouring countries. Unless we come together and join forces so that we can compact them, we shall not make headway. With the new technology, other nations or blocks in the world have merged their forces. I do not see any reason we in East Africa should be left behind. If we want to integrate economically, there is need for us to integrate militarily. This will lessen our work. With the new technology, we can learn a lot of things from each other. Nations, especially in West Africa and Europe, have formed their blocks and in case of any aggression in any of the nations, the others come together to defend it. This is the right time for us to do this. As we ratify these protocols, there is need for us to look at the democracies within East Africa. We may think that we are doing the right thing, but if we are not going to move together as a block politically, we will reach a point where one of the states may think that they are more senior or superior than the other. As we integrate in terms of our defence forces, we need to move together politically. It pains a lot to find one of our neighbouring countries going back to turmoil because of greed. An example is Burundi. 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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