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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you my uncle, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is true, everybody reproduces including pastors. The only people I know who do not reproduce are in the Catholic Church because they have committed themselves to serve God, although, some reproduce because sin is all over the world. So, you find people who are committed to serving the Lord sometimes being swayed to reproduce. I want to encourage that when I finally bring the Family Reproductive Health Care Bill, let us look at it soberly because we are facing very many difficulties and challenges as women and men. I have said it here before that we have men suffering infertility and erectile issues but we do not talk about them. In fact, my Kalenjin brothers have a term ‘ Kipkar ’ which means things people do not talk about. These are things said in the bedroom and dark yet, they are the ones that affect us the most. So, I want to thank the Pan African Parliament for raising this issue. The only challenge I saw in the Pan African Parliament, and that is why I was not very persuaded to go back is I am a person who is very output or results oriented. The Pan African Parliament does not have legislative authority, so we have model laws or Reports of the Parliament. If you look at the one presented here, it has come as a Report of a conference or workshop. Yesterday, we were passing the three conventions relating to children and once we pass them, they become binding to the country. The Report of the Pan African Parliament is more persuasive and not binding. One of the things I raised when I was there is the need to give that Parliament legislative authority. Let us see what the European Parliament does or other regional Parliaments. In Africa we keep saying we have problems because the African Union is still holding on to some residues of power. It does not want to let go of the legislative power to PAP. Let it let go that power to PAP, so that there is an executive arm sitting at the AU headquarters and a legislative arm sitting in Midrand. There is a suggestion to establish a criminal court in Africa that can deal with our issues in Africa. Let us establish it once we have given the legislative arm the teeth to bite. Finally, I encourage Hon. Rahab Mukami. I presume you are the head of delegation. There are some challenges I have seen which I am not going to say. We can consult outside. You need to propose an amendment to the Standing Orders so that as a delegation you are recognised specifically and you can table your reports without the back and forth that I have seen before. I support. Thank you for doing even a better job than we did when we were at PAP."
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