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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is very ironic that Africa is a rich continent. It is a continent that other parts of the world envy and wish to be in. But our way of organisation sometimes confuses everyone, even ourselves. We do not know how to organise and plan our own continent. That is why some people take advantage of us. The Report of the Pan-African Parliament is good and I support it. But it is sad that everything that is proposed by the Pan-African Parliament can only be termed as – for lack of a better word – “hot air”. It is sad that the Pan-African Parliament can only recommend action. This is a body that is well-constituted and funded by taxpayers of different member-states, but whatever they propose remains as such – a mere proposal that cannot be effected. It is very sad sometimes when you see our neighbours fighting across the continent and there is nothing the Pan-African Parliament can do, other than make proposals. The Pan-African Parliament held its first meeting in South Africa in 2005. Over the years, they meet about two or three times a year. They have been holding meetings over the years since 2005. We are now in 2023. You can imagine, we are talking about over 15 years of people meeting. Practically, 18 years of people holding meetings and making recommendations of what ought to be done but it is not effected because those are mere proposals."
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