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    "id": 733968,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also wish to support this Motion. Previously, the Electoral College of the EALA Members of Parliament was the National Assembly. This was before we became a Bicameral Parliament. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Burundi and Rwanda, where they have bicameral parliaments the Electoral College is vested in both Houses. Here, we are also trying to move in tandem with our partners in East Africa, so that we can have both Houses participate in the nominations and elections of Members of EALA. As the East African Community (EAC) comes of age, I think we need to start shifting gear. The EAC is a very old organization. Having been a very vibrant organization in the 1960s, I remember people from this country who used to work in Tanzania. The managing director of harbours at that time was a certain Mr. Halwenge, who was in charge in Dar es Salaam. We had people working in the aviation industry in Soroti. Some people used to work in the then East African Postal Corporation. You could get a transfer from Nanyuki in Kenya to Mbeya in Tanzania and move with your family to go and live there. You could get Kenyans in Uganda and Ugandans in Kenya. It built a very formidable East African nation. Courtesy of my friend, Charles Njonjo, who is on record as having toasted champagne when the EAC collapsed in 1977 the dream of East Africa came to an abrupt end. Everybody knows that the Kenyan regime then, and the greed of the leaders of the day, heavily contributed to the collapse of the EAC. Probably by now, East Africa would be a federation and we would be enjoying the economics of scale in the region. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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