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    "content": "Fortunately, God was kind enough to the people of Kenya. You were able to navigate safely out of the crisis and a new Kenya has been born; the Kenya that we all used to know. It is in the same spirit also, we have not only grieved with the Kenyan people whenever there was a terrorist attack and fatalities happened, but we have also supported Kenya’s efforts in the fight against terrorism. Our intelligence services, police forces have been working closely, sharing information, intelligence and arresting suspected terrorists who flee to Tanzania after committing crimes in Kenya. We never hesitated to send them back to Kenya to face justice. We also have robust and long-standing co-operation in the fight against narcotic drugs and cross-border crimes. This way, we have been able to deal with criminal gangs operating in our two countries. Recently, we have begun to develop co-operation in fighting poaching and illegal trade in wildlife products. This co-operation has worked well for our two countries. What is required of us going forward is to strengthen and advance this co-operation. Let us make it clear to criminals that if they cause trouble in any of our countries, they have nowhere to run to or hide. Hon. Speakers, on the social economic front, there has been vibrant co-operation as well. Our two countries have been undertaking joint infrastructure projects. We have a number of them; for example, the Athi River-Namanga-Arusha Road which was completed in 2012. It was a joint project. Our two countries sought for support together from the African Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese Government. They gave money to our two countries and we implemented it as one project. Currently, we are doing the Taveta-Mwatate-Holili-Moshi-Arusha Road. As you know, the first function in my visit to Kenya was at Taveta. I was with President Uhuru Kenyatta at the inauguration of the construction of the road on the Kenyan side. We are working on a suitable date to do the same on the Tanzanian side. The ADB is supporting us again in the construction of this road. It is also ready to support us in the construction of the road from Mombasa-Tanga-Pangani-Bagamoyo-Dar-es-Salaam. There are other infrastructure projects in the energy sector. In the electricity sector, for example, whenever one of our countries has electricity at the border, and there is no electricity on one side of the border, people on the other side of the border are connected to electricity from the side with electricity connection."
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