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    "id": 94434,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, we, as a country, opted to have EALA representatives. The EALA representatives are not just idle talkers in the East African Community. They are legislative arm, first of all, of the East African Community and also legislative representative of the people of Kenya. I want to plead at this juncture that this issue be seriously addressed. They met His Excellency the President, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Ministers, my Committee, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Head of the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet. The issue they addressed was just one and it has been addressed by other countries. Is it fair that we subject a group of great women and men to something that is totally different to their colleagues in the East African Community? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this issue must be addressed as a matter of urgency. I appeal to His Excellency the President and the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, from the Floor of this House, to implement the commitments they made to our East African Parliamentarians. That is the only way we will remain honourable. What they are asking for is not something that we can avoid. There is need for the Ministry to harmonise its travel expenses. We appreciate that there are a lot of activities within the East African Community, but that does not mean that the Ministry should devote a huge chunk of its budgetary allocation to travel expenses. That should be addressed. In conclusion, there are emerging East African organizations like Lake Victoria Basin Commission. That will provide many jobs and investment opportunities to Kenyans. We have the East African Assembly in Arusha and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission in this region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of East African Community should come up with some funds so that we promote education. I am glad that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already put something in place. There are countries that get 70 per cent of their foreign exchange from their labour force both within and outside. The countries that have been in conflict and disadvantaged over the years need to benefit from the educational development of Kenya. In the process that will enhance the integration of East African countries. On my own behalf and that of the Members of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, I support this Motion."
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