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    "id": 675342,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations agrees with me and that why he is smiling. We discussed that issue when we met in Nanyuki. We asked ourselves how we will rectify this in future. We are not here to please Britain at a time when there is Brexit from the European Union (EU). We currently have the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in this country where they are discussing issues of trade. However, these powerful countries and multinationals come here because of their selfish interests. It is not good for us to blindly rubberstamp something just because it is coming from Europe without taking into consideration the interests of the mwananchi. At the EU, all our exports are going to attract 5 to 22 per cent tax which means they are going to be more expensive when they reach there. They cannot compete with their goods. That is why Tanzania, in its own wisdom, refused to sign this European Partnership Agreement. We cannot take our goods there yet they are going to attract 5 to 22 per cent. The Government must take care of the interests of the people. We should not act to please multinationals or the international community while our people are suffering. That is why I stand here strongly, as I look in the eye of my Chairman, to oppose, oppose and oppose. I oppose."
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