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    "id": 574716,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anyango",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dalmas Anyango Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make a contribution to this Motion. This is a major step towards what we hope for in the future; to have a federation in this particular region. As of now, we are all aware all over Africa that small states still run the risk of instability, sometimes contributed by individual personalities who feel they are more powerful than the institutions. It is time we made our people accept certain values that we should share regionally. Whenever we agree on such values, we should be ready to implement them. In the area of defence, certainly, we agree that we will have strong military forces that can be a source of stability and strength for our countries. We need those joint forces. Training and equipment is very expensive. There will be economies that will be achieved by working together in those defence areas. It is a major step and the signal it sends is stability in the region; stability in such a way that the personal ambition of Dalmas Otieno will not shake the region. The temptation of individuals in any one country to drive the country the wrong direction will be reduced. Gone will be the temptation to escalate tribalism so that you think in terms of controlling a whole little state as an individual ethnic group, which is really evidence of leaders that cannot lead the whole country and so, they want to divide 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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