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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "Hon. Naisula Lesuuda is a Member of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development and the African Group Representative. She is also a very able Member of the Young Parliamentarians at the IPU, doing a very impressive job. Hon. Rebecca Tonkei belongs to the Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs and is also an African Group Representative. Each of these has staggering terms that will expire at different times. Finally, I would like to report on recommendations. As the Members of the Delegation to the IPU, we noted a number of things and made the following recommendations: This Parliament notes this Report and follows up on the implementation of the declaration and resolution of the 146th IPU Assembly and related meetings. As Members of the IPU delegations, we have also noted something that we may need to report to this House. This Parliament is a member of many international parliaments: The Commonwealth Parliament, the Pan-African Parliament, the ACP-EU, the IPU, and so on. There is a need for institutional memory. It is critical for this Parliament to resolve that when we appoint a delegation to any of these parliaments, the delegations should be standing ones so that we hold these institutional memories. That is so that we do not start from scratch each time we attend these meetings. I see the very esteemed and ranking Member, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, in the House. On her behalf and other Members of this delegation, I beg to move that this House notes the Report of the 146th IPU Assembly and related meetings as presented. The matters we discussed at the IPU have a regional bearing. We have to note that our participation needs to be consistent. As we speak today, the IPU will be electing a president. As an East African, I am proud to report that the Speaker of the United Republic of Tanzania is a forerunner to become the president of the IPU. That is an extremely esteemed global position. This is because the participation of the United Republic of Tanzania has been consistent. Their delegations are standing delegations that are consistent. I want to call upon this House to support a fellow East African to ascend to the highest position in the Parliament of parliaments—the IPU."
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