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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/695423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will go right away and give my comments. This is a very important Motion. I would like to start by giving the status that currently Kenya enjoys quota-free duty-free access under the EU Market Access Regulation. What is at stake is that we are on notice. By 30th September we need to have ratified this particular Agreement. If we do not ratify, we stand to lose market for our exports in the EU. Just to illustrate how important this Motion is, Members, if you remember in 2014 when the EAC/EU, EPA negotiations failed to meet the stipulated deadline, Kenya lost free market access and therefore we incurred huge losses to the tune of Kshs1 billion. It was until December that it was reinstated. When we were reinstated to free access, it was on condition that Kenya was going to rally under East African countries to sign or ratify this particular Agreement. That takes me to my next point which has already been alluded to by other Members. I just want to emphasise that this particular Agreement opens new areas for Kenyan exports. If 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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