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    "id": 1226152,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rozaah Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, I support the Motion. I have also had an opportunity to attend one of the meetings of the ACP-EU. The greatest thing about it is that it brings different nations together and they contribute to and discuss issues that affect them. With the expiry of this treaty, it is an opportunity for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union to take the advantage and become a more structured organisation. The reason I say this is because there is no permanency in membership of ACP-EU. I attended one meeting and I was never invited for the next one. Other Members attended. It kills continuity of discussion and implementation of some of those wonderful ideas that come up. If we agree as a Parliament to renew this treaty, we must take that opportunity to have a more structured organisation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you compare the membership of ACP-EU with the membership of Pan-African Parliament, you will find that PAP is more impactful on our issues because members, for example, are able to serve for five years. So, they are able to introduce a topic or an idea and see it through to implementation because of the five years’ length of time which misses in this ACP-EU. I know that we must sit as a Parliament to agree as to whether we should go on and renew this treaty. I would urge Parliament that if it becomes a more structured organisation, it will be useful and helpful to our cause. Thank you and I support."
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