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    "id": 94003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/94003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The Ministry of Trade is leading the negotiation process in the pursuit of EPAs between the East Africa Community (EAC) partner States and the European Union (EU) and coordinates the preparation and participation of all the national stakeholders in the negotiations. These negotiations began in 2001 and during the preparatory period prior to the beginning of the negotiations, the Ministry was instrumental in establishing a national economic partnership agreements negotiations structure to facilitate Kenya’s negotiation with EU. (b)The Ministry is aware of the potential negative impact and the Government has taken into consideration this fact during the negotiations and has taken the following measures to mitigate against such potential adverse effect: (i)The EAU member States have excluded strategic products from the liberalization under EPAs in order to safeguard the agriculture industry and Kenya’s market interest within the region. (ii)The EAC partner States have adopted the strategy of limited market opening for the EU products with a transitional period of 25 years running between 2015 to 2033. (iii)The Ministry is negotiating a simplified rule of origin that is development oriented and supportive of value addition for agricultural commodities and industrial development. (iv)There have been negotiations for the already proposed comprehensive infrastructural and non-infrastructural development programme through EPAs to address the supplies and constraints that have been inhibiting industrial and agricultural competitiveness. (v)The EPAs project seeks to integrate marine and inland fisheries with the expected results to unlock the potential of Kenya marine fisheries which will, alongside the inland fisheries export, benefit Kenya’s overall economy."
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