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    "id": 1120916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Madzayo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stewart Mwachiru Shadrack Madzayo",
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    "content": "Foreign Affairs are not being followed. The principle of rotation is not being followed or applied. Therefore, where we say that the President stays for three years only and hands over to another region, either the Southern region, the East African region or the Northern region, it is not applied. That is why when we were there last time in March, it was such a commotion that we had to adjourn Parliament because we could not move on with the elections. As it is stated, I am glad that today I met one of the delegations, which came from Zimbabwe. They had been to the African Union in Addis Ababa and it has been agreed, according to records, that the principle of rotation must be applied. It is in that regard that the President, currently who is from the Francophone speaking countries, will have to handover though, as much as he did not want to do so. Secondly, another issue that is important to note with Pan-African Parliament is the fact that the Malabo Protocol is very important. It would allow, just like the way it is in Europe, to move from Switzerland to France or Austria. It should apply in Africa. I find it very interesting that when I am going to a place like Rwanda or wherever, I need a visa or we need visas as Africans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should try as much as we can to allow Africans from all over - if you are from Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi or South-Africa, you should be able to move to any of the African countries without having the fear that you will be returned back because you did not go through the procedure of getting a visa from that particular country. Kenya is not a signatory. Therefore, I would urge our Government to sign the Malabo Protocol as soon as practically possible to enable it be functional in Kenya and all other countries in Africa. I thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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