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    "id": 1272304,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shakeel Shabbir",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "It is against this background that the 2023 Doha Dialogue was organised to address the underlining issues of Parliament and parliamentarians' engagement with UNCAC. The event drew a strong focus on implementing good practices to address corruption by GOPAC and APNAC parliamentarians made the following observations: 1. The Implementation of UNCAC provisions is weak. 2. International cooperation is not at its best especially with regard to money laundering, asset recovery, asset declaration, and beneficial ownership is also weak. 3. The funding of major anti-corruption activities in developing countries is weak and inconsistent. 4. Restrictions on the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the media are increasing. 5. APNAC Kenya was applauded for the pace setting activities carried out to strengthen the capacity of Kenyan parliamentarians and executive institutions to prevent and combat corruption. In this regard, the Hon. Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly was congratulated with a prestigious award in honour of his efforts to unite Kenyan legislators against corruption. APNAC is one of the oldest caucuses in Parliament since 1999. We have a number of parliamentarians who are members. We feel strongly that every parliamentarian has a desire to fight corruption and we welcome their initiatives. The Kenyan delegation to the 2023 UNCAC Convention, therefore, makes the following recommendations: 1. It is time for the international community to seriously explore the idea of establishing a Permanent Anti-Corruption Council similar to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations level to regulate anti-corruption efforts and facilitate peer to peer learning. 2. The leadership of Kenya is urged to strengthen initiatives and activities that promote ethical values, integrity, transparency, good governance and patriotism reinforcing them in the education framework to develop the mind-set and attitudes of Kenyans, especially school going children and the youth. 3. Adopting the Republic of Rwanda model, Kenyan Members of Parliament should be capacity enhanced through regular training sessions on new forms of corruption and how to prevent and fight the same, in collaboration with Ombudsman Office, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority, Transparency International and the Office of the Public Prosecutor. 4. Members of APNAC-K should be facilitated to promote transparency, accountability and good governance amongst parliamentarians, national and community leaders and the general public. 5. APNAC-K Chapter should engage as many MPs as possible in APNAC-K activities in order to help change the mind-set of the general public in support of anti-corruption. 6. APNAC-K should expand its activities to include promotion of cultural and Christian and Muslim values, reinforcing them in the mind-set and attitudes of the people especially the young generation. 7. Parliamentary leadership (the Office of the Hon. Speaker) should promote the role of Parliamentarians and other legislative bodies in the management of public finances and ensure their capacity to exercise effective budget oversight. 8. There is need to work harder to demonstrate that parliamentary oversight is needed during and outside of emergency crises. The Kenya Parliament was applauded for the work it has done in APNAC. 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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