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    "id": 1237568,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to speak to the Motion on Report of the proceedings of the First Ordinary Session of the Sixth Pan-African Parliament. As the Chair has alluded, some things are very disturbing. It is very disturbing to note that some of the regulations or resolutions by the Pan-African Parliament are not binding, especially on restoration of peace in Africa, knowing the challenges that we have. They go beyond peace and reconciliation. The challenge of peace and reconciliation emanates from other serious challenges like the control of our natural resources and politics. If all these can get to the Floor of PAP and the resolutions are not binding, then it is a serious challenge. Something has to be done. For Africa to move to the next level, PAP needs to be empowered for its resolutions to be binding. This is the only body that can move Africa to the next level. Africa spends too much on peace and reconciliation related issues. As we speak, our country sent our Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to several countries on our Budget and also from our development partners. Such costs are a burden in our Budget. The institutions which make the decisions have no authority to make binding resolutions. These resources go to the drain for no good reason. We also need to move to the next level of discussion, in terms of Africa being one market without all these challenges of our goods and people crossing borders while doing business. There is also the issue of one currency for our continent. The United States of America (USA) Dollar is very strong. This is because we have small units of African countries with their small currencies which cannot stand the weight of the dollar which is a currency across several states. If Africa has one currency, the economies of African countries would be strong. This can be midwifed by PAP. The West, out of neo-colonialism, will not be happy with our PAP having binding resolutions. So, this is one of the ways of African countries to unchain ourselves from the bondage of our colonialists, move our continent to the next level and leave a better continent for our children. I really recommend or commend the Committee for the observations. I wish that this House and other houses in Africa can follow up the regulations and treaties to make the resolutions of PAP binding. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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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