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    "id": 887415,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887415/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. This is a wonderful Motion that we all would love to see implemented. We have travelled to many countries in Africa and it has been difficult to get in some. I had an experience of going to Benin early this year and we did not need any passports or visas. It was easy and wonderful. We loved it. Because we had plenty of time there, we wanted to go to the next country Togo for a weekend. We wanted to go to its Capital City, Lome. It was not easy to go there, we just drove up to the border and we could not get there because we did not have a visa. We felt very disappointed. That shows why we need to move around in Africa. Some countries allow us to travel to their states without visa and others demand that we have them. We need to know these countries while discussing this Motion so that we isolate them and work along with them. This way, the visa issue will be easily handled. When I was growing up, my father used to work for the East African Railways and Harbours, and it was very easy to move around East Africa. As children, we enjoyed it. We travelled by train. It is not the same today. I do not know what happened to the train and whether it is easy to move around using it. In the past it was easy. We can learn from what used to happen in the past especially the East African Railways and Harbours. The movement was very fast and easy. Many Kenyans worked in Uganda and Tanzania. Suddenly the EAC collapsed and political issues came in and it was difficult. We need to learn from our experiences and other countries as well. We are an experienced country that has had contact with other countries. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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