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    "id": 939104,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/939104/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. I wish to remind the House that South Africa and Kenya have had a long history of technological co-operation. I can remember because I read the history of this country that South Africans trekked all the way and ended up into my county of Trans-Nzoia. That is where they landed. I think that is the farthest they went towards the north. Of course, they started farming there. Most of the farming technology came from South Africa. As my colleague has just mentioned, we had a problem in Mombasa where we were unable to retrieve bodies from the ocean for almost two weeks. We had to get assistance from South Africa. That means we cannot shy away from the fact that South Africa is technologically more advanced than us. Therefore, exchange in this programme is timely. I think it is upon us as a House to ratify this agreement. That will assist us to look at our current status in technology and awareness. I am aware some people have trained in South Africa in terms of military advancement. I know of somebody from my area, in fact, a relative, who has been in South Africa for almost four years and he is now based in Eastleigh. It is timely for us to ratify this Treaty, so that we can advance. Given the fact that Kenya is one of the fastest growing countries in technology, pairing with South Africa will be the right thing to do in order to move forward. We cannot advance in isolation. Picking on a country that is on this continent is a good thing to do. I want us to ratify this Agreement, so that it can take effect as soon as possible. I support."
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