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    "id": 668746,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "harmonised instruments to guide us in managing our affairs. That is why we need to ratify this Protocol quickly. Kenya is known as a big brother in the region. You can see that in the amount of socioeconomic activities that we indulge in with our brothers. Those of us who have indulged with our colleagues in the region will attest to this fact. We should have been the first to ratify this Protocol. We should have been the first to share our resources, which we have within the arrangement of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and our university research departments. This will help us to ensure that we do not repeat what we have done when we do business with our neighbouring countries. Since the revival of the EAC, we have established harmonious and mutual relationships, which even go to the extent of intermarriage and settlements, courtesy of Common Market and Customs Union. We are now headed to political integration. We need to ratify this Protocol and ensure its implementation. I want to talk about implementation. This country, like many East African countries, is good at formulating policies and protocols like this, but because of the many procedures that we have to go through in ratification, several countries did not ratify the Protocol at the opportune time. We have come back to it. I would like to propose that as we approve this, we should encourage various technical departments to come up with implementation plans that will be all- inclusive ventures where East Africans can benefit from such protocols. Implementation has always been a challenge. Clear implementation plans should be negotiated alongside the formulation of these instruments, so that we can follow up with appropriate budgetary and legislative processes. We need to domesticate not just this Protocol, but several others that we have ratified. It is good for us to have an implementation plan that will not be put on the shelves. We are in the regime of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We should integrate the aspects of this Protocol into our other development initiatives including in education. Aspects of this Protocol can be integrated in our education plans so that East Africans can grow knowing that we have thresholds, standards and initiatives that are intended to harmonise our living together, common markets and common heritage. I support this Protocol and others. Strong structures should be established within the realm of this Protocol to cut across and enable East Africans to live in East Africa harmoniously and not live in corners. For example, we have the lake basin region where a lot of activities are going on. This Protocol should be integrated in the activities and functions of the lake basin region because it extends into Uganda, Tanzania and across the East African region. We have an opportunity here to promote cooperation among East Africans. Let us not lose it. I support the ratification of this Protocol."
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