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    "id": 1237651,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kaiti, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Kimilu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this important Report. I thank the Committee Members for the very good job they have done. This is very important. The Pan African Parliament needs a lot of support because this is a very good platform where, as Africans, we can take pride in our continent. We need to discuss the issues affecting our continent. What is happening in Africa needs a lot of coming together to discuss issues affecting our continent. For example, we are affected by climate change. It is high time we came together to discuss what we can do to contribute to our climate and what we can do to avoid global warming. These are some of the issues to be discussed by the Pan African Parliament. We need to support them. The Ukraine war has affected Africa. We need to sit down as a continent and discuss how to come up with a solution and avoid some of the things happening in our continent. When there is war, the economy is affected. Africa feeds the West and other continents but because we do not have unity, we are sometimes misused by the West. It is high time we supported PAP. If we come together, discuss and agree on the issue of travel, we will open our borders and allow our children to travel without visas to gain knowledge without hinderance. I remember, three years ago, I was approached by one of my constituents whose daughter wanted to go to South Africa to further her studies but getting a visa was a challenge to them. If we come together, as a continent and agree to work together and open our borders, it will help our youth and promote education in the continent. Technology has made the world a global village. We have brains in Africa and good doctors come from Africa. It is high time we brought them together. We can discuss and pass a law in this House which can allow a Kenyan to go to South Africa without many documents to get employment. That will also contribute to the economy of Africa. I thank the Committee. I support it. Thank you. 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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