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    "content": "are being realised and that they should cast out their fears and work very hard because Tanzanians are benefiting far much more than Kenyans. I tie that with what he said in his Address to Parliament when he talked about Tanzania and the East Africa Community. He is continuing with the same trend that Tanzania is very much committed to economic and political integration of East Africa and goes beyond to talk of African Unity.We do remember, that when it comes to African Unity, the founding father of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was prepared to delay the Independence of the then Tanganyika. In doing this, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania would become independent at the same time and on that very day; we would have the federation of East Africa. I can see that spirit is now coming to Tanzania, and I thank H.E. (Dr.) Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete for saying that he is committed to that. I look forward to a relationship where the fears about Kenya are not there when the prejudices, obstacles are dealt with and we proceed to a united East African Federation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are many things in this integration that we can learn from each other. As other Senators have spoken, we can learn unity. Unity that has been brought by Kiswahili language. I do remember when Mwalimu Julius Nyerere announced that Kiswahili will be the national and official language of Tanzania. There was a lot opposition at the university where I was then. They complained how they were going to learn, make laws and write scientific terms in Kiswahili terms. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere stood his ground and part of his proving the point; he translated Shakespeare’s Julius Caeser from English to Kiswahili. Consequently, today, we see the benefits of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere foresight. He has left behind a united country and Kiswahili as an official language of the African Union. That union is a unity I believe, we, in Kenya, also yearn for. I was watching a television the other day when they were interviewing the ordinary Tanzanians. The issue of ethnicity is nowhere in their minds. In other words, their politics are focused on policy issues and that is what we can learn from Tanzania. We may not learn everything but we can learn from uniting the country, getting rid of ethnicity, debating our issues on policy among others. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we can also learn, as has been said, the issue of constitutionalism; that a term comes and it ends. I do recall that when we drafted the first constitutional amendment in 1991 which brought multipartysm into this country it also brought the two-term for the presidency. That was our own idea but also, it must be admitted that the western countries were lobbying for multipartysm and these two terms. The examples that were being given and we had to follow were the leaders of Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia and Ghana. That this is the new---"
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