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    "content": "racists creeping into the EU Parliament, making things very difficult for the operation of the EU. I think we were with you, Madam Temporary Speaker, and Sen. Haji when we visited Germany. We went to Eijlander which is equivalent to a county. We visited the Parliament. When we were being acknowledged as visitors, the neo-Nazis refused to stand up for us because they could not understand how whites could stand up for black people. It looked very awkward. I am happy that yourself, Sen. Murkomen and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. are members of this Committee. As they formulate the rules, it will be good if your Committee can make a recommendation for the future that ways and means be found to revisit the treaty of East Africa and redefine the election of members to EALA. I go to many places with EALA members and when they stand up to say that they are members of EALA, people do not know what EALA is. They do not know what they do. They do not know the effect of their being in the EALA Parliament. However, if we make it electoral and give them capacity to legislate on matters that bind various members of the community which are enforceable, it becomes very helpful, especially on matters of taxation. The Ministers of Finance can meet and agree on uniform taxation. When they withdraw to their national governments, they start doing all the different things. A country sometimes just wakes up and closes its border on certain products entering its jurisdiction. You can imagine a situation where Kenya and Uganda agreed that there will be a pipeline going to run from the oil fields of Lake Albert through Kenya to Lamu. Uganda, but one day, they woke up and decided that it will run through Tanzania to Tanga. The reasons they advance is that the high levels of corruption in Kenya are untenable in getting into any joint projects. That is something regrettable by meaningful Kenyan. We must find a way of fighting these vices together and benefit from the positives together so that the EAC can truly grow into an organization that benefits the people of East Africa. Those who go to represent us in EALA must be people who are born out of the roots of the people other than being elected. As Sen. Wako said, many of the people who go to EALA are sometimes people who are being rewarded by their parties for failing in elections. That is not how to have a good EALA. I urge the Committee to do its work speedily so that we beat the deadline. When it does come, the National Parliament being the Senate and the National Assembly, should give EALA good quality people who will represent the face of Kenya. I beg to support."
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