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    "id": 758173,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/758173/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The East African Court of Justice is established under Article 9 of the East African Community (EAC). Article 27(2) of that treaty requires member states like Kenya to recognise the existence of the East Africa Court of Justice (EACJ). It will have the original, appellate, human rights and other jurisdictions as will be decided by the Council. Further, under the same Article, the EAC partner states agreed to conclude the Protocol to operationalise the extended jurisdiction of the Court, recognising the critical role it plays in regional integration, following the establishment of the East African Common Customs Union, the East African Common Market and the East African Monetary Union. The 15th Ordinary Session of Heads of State held on 30th November 2013 approved the recommendation of the EAC Council of Ministers to extend the jurisdiction of EACJ to cover areas such as trade and investment. Arising from the implementation of the Protocol on the establishment of the EAC Common Market and dispute arising out of the implementation of the Protocol on the East African Monetary Union, there was a sense that this Court be operationalised and its jurisdiction extended. The main objective of the Protocol to extend the jurisdiction of the EACJ was to cover trade and investment matters which arise as a result of the implementation of the Protocol."
}