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    "id": 1193895,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I would like to join Sen. Mungatana in thanking Members of Parliament for passing this list. I would like to thank the coalitions and political parties for nominating us to this position. In the year 2004, I was in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) when the PAP was started. We had joined a delegation that was led by our own Member, Hon. Kangwana, to go and express our support as EALA. When we went there, the voice of Kenya was required as far as nominations to Committees and the Speaker was concerned. Everybody wanted to know Kenya’s stand. I would like to agree with Sen. Mungatana, MGH. We can assure the House that we will never let you and the country down. We are going there at a time when the integration of the African unity is on the table for discussion. Three years ago, discussions were started in Rwanda by the heads of state that there is need to go towards integrating the continent to have customs and monetary unions for the continent. I assure this House and the country at large that we will be pursuing that Government agenda to make sure we do well. Finally, I would like to laud the parties for what they did. If you look at this list, for the first time in the history of Committees in this House, we have a majority membership is female. Out of the five Members, we have three ladies and two males which means there is a strong recognition that we can all operate equally as a House. I did not want that to go unnoticed. The National Assembly gave us two females and one male. I assure my colleague of my support even as I congratulate him since he will be the leader of the delegation. This is a Committee led by the Senate while the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) is led by the National Assembly. I would like to give him assurance that we will work hard to make sure that his House makes an impact in the African Union. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and hon. Members for the support they have given us."
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