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    "id": 887416,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887416/?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": "The other point is on security. We are still afraid to indulge in free market and movement with other countries in Africa because of insecurity. If you look at what is going on in America, you will find that Africans travel and settle there. However, Africans have now over flooded the states in America. The President of that country is not comfortable with migration issues. Many Africans are being repatriated and the green card is being controlled. There is a challenge of foreigners settling in that country. Are we likely to experience that? As we discuss this Motion, we need to think about being flooded with foreigners from other African countries to the extent that we are not able to look after them. If you remember, we had refugees in Kenya and it was only last year that Kenya decided to send them back to their countries. The challenges that we are mentioning are numerous. We need to look at the good part of making movement, settling and doing business between one country and another with easy. At the same time, we should know to what extent we can allow that free movement so that anybody coming in does not become a security risk to our country. If you look at the EU, you will find that there is a lot one admires in what it does. It is the same concept that we are pushing here. In European countries, they get jobs very easily because they belong to one body, the EU. Education is also easier. They do not need visas. Getting Visas is expensive; people pay a lot of money to get them. Instead of mourning over some of the challenges that we may face, I support this Motion. There is a lot to benefit from this. There is no need to worry a lot because Africa has a lot in common. Politically, we are still young compared to European countries. We can learn from successful African countries on trade and people can settle in other countries or go on holiday. We need to look at how we spend our holidays. Do we have to be in Kenya? We can travel to other countries in Africa and explore. Many Kenyans have not visited West African countries. We tend to go to Europe and forget other African countries, which can offer us better things. They have cultural activities and we can learn from each other."
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