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    "id": 1037567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1037567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marselino Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on Kenya’s accession to the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. This Charter will promote Africa on active participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in the development of this country, and equally governance. As you are aware, today, youth constitute a big percentage of our population. Unfortunately, we have not safeguarded the youth and persons with disabilities for employment. There is an influx of this category of people migrating from Africa to Europe. By so doing, it is very unfortunate that on a daily basis, the boats they use to cross to Italy and other countries deemed to be countries of honey and milk, are drowning. It is very unfortunate that those countries that they aspire to go deliberately force those boats to capsize in the seas. This Charter will give us a voice to speak on our youth so that those countries are held accountable for the injustices inflicted on African youth going to look for greener pastures. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Africa has always been categorised as a Third World Country. Other countries have been categorised either as developed or developing. As a continent, we are not yet there. It will be prudent that this Charter is adopted, so that African countries can come together. Many years ago, the former President of Libya, the late Gaddafi, had a concept of a United States of Africa. It was a dream that if the African nations came together, we would have seen our common good."
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