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    "id": 1120904,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you in welcoming the members of the Pan-African Parliament as well as MCAs of the County Assembly of Kisumu. I am very happy that we have been visited by members of the Pan-African Legislative body. Africa’s issues across the continent are the same. Africa’s problems, oversight, representation and legislation should all be aligned. We see a situation where, while there is so much that unites us, countries are so different and aligned to either former colonial masters or both ethnic – linguistically and culturally to the point where we have so much division in Africa, especially when it comes to language, legislation, resource exploitation and trade with each other. Trade within Africa is so low that we are so dependent and on our knees whenever there are issues, even during this Covid-19 times when it borders across international - especially with the developed world - was closed. It is about time that Africa started looking at it own solutions, alignment, trade and investment and economic partnerships, where then we can call ourselves proudly African because we are the same people. There is so much that is wrong with Africa. Even in the just concluded United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (CFCCC) Conference of Parties COP 26, perhaps which you may have attended, Africa’s voice is so diverse and aligned with other places, but not to itself. I am happy that the Pan-African Parliament is visiting African parliaments and making sure there is alignment between the continental parliament and our national parliaments. I hope to see in the near future both in the African Union and in our African"
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