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    "id": 1193918,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. The Senators who have been selected are up to the task and we are sure that they are going to deliver. Allow me to raise some concerns about the PAP. We have sent the best to represent us. However, I am concerned about the visibility of that Parliament. We do not feel it at all. We also know that in the next few days, we are going to elect members to the EALA, which is another Parliament we are not feeling. We are putting money there; they give us reports, but the common mwananchi in Vihiga or Kakamega counties is unable to feel what these people do. The same applies to the PAP. We hope that our best members who we have been sent to represent us will make a difference. I hope that they will make Africans feel that they have a Parliament that can represent them at the continent level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are aware that this particular Parliament is supposed to oversee the African Union (AU) policies and programmes and also participate in the budget making. That is one area in which we are not feeling what the PAP is doing. The AU is not making major progress that we see in other integration forums globally. We have a lot of challenges. If you look at the functions of this Parliament, one of it is to promote human rights. We do not have human rights in most African countries. A country such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and many other countries in West Africa have serious violations of human rights. The PAP exists to ensure that the problems of Africa, especially economic and integration problems are resolved. You are also aware that there are so many treaties that the AU has passed which remain unimplemented. I remember we passed a treaty on single African air transport. That treaty is largely unimplemented. There is no reason why if I want to travel to another African country, I have to go to Europe in order to connect to that country. That means we are not serious about integration of Africans. I urge the Members who are going to represent us to make a difference and make this Parliament a serious one in order represent Africa, not to make it just a talking shop which generates reports. Once those reports come here, they are tabled and nothing happens. I support."
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