Thank you, Chairperson. Hon Minister, we know that the free trade areas by themselves are not an engine for growth. They help, but they are, unfortunately, not what we all want them to be.
This whole initiative of the FTA was not endorsed in 2011, but in 2008 at the Kampala summit. In 2011 a 36-month timeframe was attached to it, and 2014 will come. My question in regard to these international agreements is this: Is this not taking too long and are we not missing too many opportunities just because of that?