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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Emanikor",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": "union, which is kind of a culmination of what we are looking at in the EAC. We are happy that in 2017, a law was passed by the EAC Summit on Elimination of Non Tariff Barriers. It is going to help in regional cooperation. Besides that, regional cooperation has also increased regional trade, infrastructure and free movement of persons, labour, goods and capital. This is a big milestone in our relationship with the world and our partners. I also want to touch on the state of national security, which is in one of the reports. The President has put a lot of effort in border security. Being from Turkana where we are on three international borders with Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan, the Government has disbursed funds for developing some of the border points, one of them being Lokiriama. I am really looking forward to seeing the infrastructure, the immigrations and the customs offices at these border points. I urge security agents at the border points to support the President by not harassing the local people who are doing cross border trade given that we have had these protocols of free trade and free movement. As it is, we still have a little bit of a problem at the border points. Many people have spoken to the issue of corruption. I looked at the Report where the Government has digitised key services to address corruption and seal loopholes. I urge the counties to emulate what the national Government is doing and digitise revenue collection. This is where a lot of money goes through. Just to mention a few of the items that the President talked about, when he took office in 2013, he gave a promise of 10,000 kilometres of tarmac. We have already done 3,000 and 5,000 are in progress. I look at the possibility of achieving that target. It attests to this because Turkana is one of the biggest beneficiaries of tarmac roads. We also want to congratulate him for disbursing the Kshs2 billion from the Equalisation Fund to the Arid and Semi Arid Land (ASAL) counties to contribute to development projects. Finally, although this is not in the President’s Speech, I would like to commend the President for what happened over the weekend."
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