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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. However, I want to indicate that the Committee has given us a very difficult task of going through an election where those of us who served in the last Parliament have personal knowledge of more than seven candidates. It is a very difficult task in terms of choosing who goes into the list of the nine. Remember we have the former Clerk of the House in the list and also close to six or seven candidates whom we had personally interacted with. I think the task in front of us is very difficult. However, I want to say at the outset that I am going to have a very patriotic vote tomorrow because in the list is a very senior voter from my constituency, who has a lot of experience. In terms of the legislative corridors, he has been here for over 30 years. I believe there is quite a bit of work that he is going to help do at the EALA when he is elected. I want to say right away that mine is going to be a very patriotic vote. While it is very clear cut in terms of what the EALA does, I want to believe that we have done a lot in terms of issues of trade and movement of commodities and people. However, there is a big problem in the region in terms of issues of shared resources. I think we do not have enough guidance or legislation in terms of how we are supposed to handle our joint resources. A good example is Lake Victoria. This is an area that EALA must move forward to see how we can handle issues of resources in Lake Victoria. This is a joint resource and it is never looked at as international waters yet it is really international. A lot of problems that we have with Uganda and our people in Tanzania are issues to do with the flora and fauna in the lake, which does not respect the issue of the boundaries and yet we have to go through artificial boundaries in terms of how to exploit these resources. That is exactly why we constantly have problems with Uganda. They have their own set of legislation in terms of how they handle resources in the lake, which are completely different from Kenya’s and Tanzania’s legislations. The process of harmonising all this will be very useful for purposes of exploiting joint resources. As we have seen in the recent past, even livestock are required to respect artificial boundaries. If we are not careful, we will soon say that we must have legislation on how to handle the issue of wild beast migration that happens in the Maasai Mara. This migration does not respect the artificial boundaries that we have. These are resources that we share. When we say that our livestock, chicken and whatever must not cross to the neighbouring country, then what happens to our wild beasts and fish? I believe there is a well cut out job for Members of the EALA. The earlier we do this, the better. I support the Motion."
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