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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion but I have a number of concerns. First, it is unfortunate that despite the fact that the decision to host the Ministerial WTO Conference was made at least a year ago, this matter was brought to the relevant Parliamentary Committee in the last 24 hours. There is no excuse at all for this not to have been cleared by Parliament. There are many advantages which have been highlighted by previous speakers. I will not bother to mention them again. What worries me is that the documentation is only discussing the benefits. It is as if it is a free lunch or an easy ride. There are issues that have emerged during the discussion, one of which has been alluded to by Hon. Oburu – the agriculture round of discussions and implications on domestic subsidies, which has been one means by which agriculture in many places has been supported to modernise. Even in America, Europe and elsewhere, that is how they do it. It is different but it is all subsidised. But many of them put severe restrictions. Of course, it is too late. We must pass this one today. We are going to host the conference in 10 days’ time. So, we do not have much time. When dealing with agreements of this nature, we must have a clear assessment of implications on some of the core values that we have talked about. We talked about values of gender. Increased 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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