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    "speaker_name": "Nyeri County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rahab Mukami",
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    "content": "for future performance, this move was aimed at increasing the confidence of African Parliamentarians in the current leadership ability to effectively deliver on its commitment to revive, renew and reposition Africa Supreme Parliamentary body. He underscored the need for African legislators to demonstrate the results of work that PAP was doing in order to win the support of African citizens. He also stated that PAP had demonstrated its relentlessness as it continued to undertake its responsibility towards enhancing peace, security, promoting democracy and rapid socio-economic development of the people of Africa. He further stated that the newly elected bureau had committed itself to rejuvenation and revitalization of the PAP as evidence of the achievements that had been recorded within its short period. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the PAP President explained that the results of the Performance Review Report were anchored on the four thematic objectives of the PAP 2019/2023 Strategic Plan, which include strengthening the parliamentary functions of the PAP and enhancement of knowledge management responsibilities on the continent. The Report highlighted the following key initiatives and results: 1. Entrenchment of the principle of rotation in the election of the Bureau of the Sixth Parliament of the PAP; 2. Hosting of the first meeting of the Permanent Standing Committees; 3. The strategic re-orientation workshop for Members of Parliament; 4. Development of model laws; 5. Participation in the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 4th Mid-year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs); 6. Hosting of the 11th Conference of the Speakers of Regional and National Parliaments in Africa; and, 7. Hosting of the 4th Meeting of Secretaries-General of African Parliaments (ASGAP). Hon. Charumbira stated that these initiatives had yielded significant positive results for the continental body. In the ensuing debate, legislators made robust submissions centered on the ratification of the Malabo Protocol, budgetary constraints faced by the Parliament, and the urgent need for parliamentarians to discuss issues aimed at improving the livelihoods of African citizenry. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in conclusion, PAP adopted the following resolutions on 4th November 2022. 1. A draft resolution congratulating the Federal Republic of Ethiopia and Tigray People's Liberation Front on the signing of the peace agreement; 2. Resolution on solidarity and support to the government and the people of the Republic of Mozambique; 3. Resolution on the Pan-African Parliament's support to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project; 4. Resolution calling for the immediate lifting of unilateral economic sanctions imposed on the Zimbabwean Government by the United States of America, United Kingdom and the European Union; 5. Resolutions for the ratification and implementation of the additional Protocol to the African Charter on human and people’s rights, on the rights of women in Africa called the Maputo Protocol; 6. Resolution on the round table on advancing democratic governance through implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) and enhanced citizen engagement; 7. Resolution on labour migration; 8. Resolution on the African Continental Free Trade Area; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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