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    "id": 887411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": "make mobility very flexible and people can interact and exchange human labor, expertise and resources. Coming down to our country, we are members of the East African Community (EAC). We need to clean this House first before we join others. In as much as we would like to join through protocols and also get an insight of what is happening with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), Southern African Development Community (SADC) of South Africa, Common Market for Eastern and South Africa (COMESA) and the others, we need to strengthen the EAC first, where we currently have six countries. Initially we had three, but we now have six because of South Sudan. We have been getting a lot of bottlenecks and impediments by member states because of issues of leadership, customs, infrastructure, and politics until it became very difficult to penetrate and to widen this corporation. I belong to the Departmental Committee on Regional Integration. We have been trying to put across several protocols through the Committee so that they can be taken to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) for ratification and be brought back to the member countries’ parliaments. However, some of our member states have become very difficult. Once we pass the customs protocol, one can cross any border point using their national ID. If you visit some countries, you find it difficult. You will even be barred from entering into those countries."
}