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    "id": 1220870,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation to the 145th Assembly and Related meetings of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), held from 11th to 15th October, 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 23rd February, 2023. I am privileged to be a Member of IPU. I am also further privileged to be part of this strong Delegation that comprised of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the National Assembly and the Senate. Indeed, we held this function, made far reaching deliberations and the details of which are in the Report. What stood out in this particular IPU meeting were two points; the positions of the parliaments of the world on negative climate change. The second was the position of parliaments on the war and conflict in Ukraine. That meeting had over 1,000 MPs. It was a very emotive process. For the first time, I saw MPs from different countries reaching the point of punching each other because of differing views on these emotive issues. Be that as it may, we went on and made far reaching recommendations that are in this Report. I appeal to the House to adopt it, so that it can be taken to the next level for purposes of a better world. I cannot end my contribution without reminding this House that IPU sits in a unique place in the history of the world. It was the IPU that was the precursor to the League of Nations that formed the United Nations Organisation (UNO). It is IPU that gave the world the League of Nations and the UNO that stopped World War II. This shows the role that parliaments of the world have played. I hope that because many of us sit in this Senate, the experimental ideation by the leader of the Opposition called Azimio la Umoja to try and take this country into a state of instability; as Parliament, let us learn from IPU on how they handled World War I and II and stopped conflict in the world. I hope that we will use that experience and history to ensure that that experiment by the former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga, is rejected in total. I move and request the distinguished Senator for Kiambu County, Sen. Thang’wa to second."
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