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    "id": 574742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/574742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "includes efforts by all the EAC states. This means that Tanzania is included, but the pact restricts within the three countries. This pact is very important because it is going to guide Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Using the principle of the “coalition of the willing” Tanzania is allowed in the EAC Treaty. I, therefore, thank the Committee for thinking twice and now that they have brought it to us, we should proceed and ratify the pact. Looking at the establishment of business, we have just had the Global Economic Summit (GES) here in Nairobi. No one would want to come to Kenya when security is in question. Therefore, registering this pact; ratifying the Protocol on Co-operation in Defence Affairs; and the establishment of a standby force will simply add to the gains of the GES that we have just had in the last one week. We will attract more investors into the country. With regard to the standby force, all parts of the world, for instance the Middle East, the Far East, Americas and others have standby forces. You need not to be a war- monger to have a standby force. However, you need to be ready to protect your territory so that in the event of an attack, you are able to retaliate in equal or higher measure. Therefore, creation of a standby force is an idea that is long overdue and I support it. We welcome it so that tomorrow, Kenya and EAC will be a very secure place for business to thrive in. You realize that the world is under threat from terrorism. Terrorists would want to come into the country through all means, be it water, air or land. So, the establishment of a standby force is not only to face external aggression from terrorism, but also internal aggression. Today, Burundi is not in a very stable state. If you have a standby force, no country would want to have such a mess. No country would want to attract such kind of instability. Therefore, in the event a person makes a mistake in terms of leadership - politically or economically - then there will be a standby force which will be ready to take control of the country. With those few remarks, I support."
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