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    "id": 668745,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution on the Motion on Ratification of the East African Community Protocol on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. First and foremost, I would like to express my support for the Report on this timely Protocol. We did not meet the timeline of 2014 and we are bringing back the Protocol to be discussed and this is a very important opportunity for our country. Kenya provides leadership as the big brother of the East African region to enhance regional cooperation. It is important that we expedite the ratification of this Protocol to give opportunity to Kenyans to cooperate with the rest of the EAC by way of trade, sharing information and different capacities, especially in the area of research and standards setting instruments. As East Africans, our background is the same. We share a common environment and history. Our people are the same. We are sometimes divided by a river or a hill. We speak the same languages and we have the same culture. It is only fair and convenient for all of us to ratify this Protocol to enable the citizens of East Africa to live harmoniously. It is, indeed, encouraged for countries to share resources within the East African Treaty. These resources include resources in plants and animals. Our community of Maasai descent lives on both sides of Kenya and Tanzania. Some of them live in Rwanda. We know that their cultural mainstay is livestock. This Protocol will give opportunity to the Maasai community in Kenya and Tanzania to lead a harmonious life amongst them. That is just an example. Indeed, their livestock do not know boundaries. They will follow water and grass on both sides because that is where they exist. If we apply different instruments of managing our plant and animal health or businesses, we will be indulging in wasteful undertakings since we do not have agreements and 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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