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    "id": 794430,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/794430/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyiego",
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        "legal_name": "Silvanus Osoro Onyiego",
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    "content": "That, the Constitution provides for the entrenchment of these agreements into the laws of Kenya. The Agreement is aligned to the Constitution where it accelerates the political and socio- economic integration of the continent, and coordinates and harmonises the policies between the existing and future regional economic communities, for the gradual attainment of the objective of the union of the Constitutive Act of the African Union. Article 15 of the Agreement talks about the waiver of obligation and protocol on trade in goods. Hon. Kimani, I am almost done. Article 17 talks about anti-dumping and countervailing measures. This is in tandem with provisions under Trade Remedies Act which provides for anti- dumping and countervailing measures. The Agreement provides for an expanded market for both manufactured and primary goods for Kenyan products within a single economic space with a population of 625 million people. Therefore, the implementation of the Agreement will resolve the challenges faced with multiple memberships to the Regional Economic Communities. The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations recommends that pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, the House approves the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area which has about 30 Articles and Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement which has about 45 Articles as they are in Kenya’s national interest. I wish to move this Motion and request Hon. Caleb Amisi to second."
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