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    "id": 131049,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. As a member of the AMANI Forum, I appreciate the leadership of that organisation. The forum brings together Parliamentarians from the Great Lakes Region. It is very important because that region faces numerous challenges, especially political, and which need political solutions. When the AMANI Forum is affiliated to Parliament, it will achieve two things: First, it will give greater legitimacy to the forum. It will provide the necessary basis for the forum to be appreciated more by the Government. That is because it will be composed of the representatives of the people from the region and, more specifically, from Kenya. It will help us to connect with the needs of the country as a mover and a shaper of the regional peace-making effort. Secondly, it will also give the forum recognition. Recognition is very important because it brings merit and allows the forum to be known and promoted. That will give it more stability. The forum has made good efforts. But those efforts need to be escalated. It has achieved much in terms of programmes and various meetings in the region and in this country. Last year, it brought Parliamentarians together at a time when it was very challenging for us to be together. The forum hosted peace initiatives in different parts of the country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when the forum is affiliated to Parliament and it is allocated secretariat support, it will also reach out to those other initiatives that are happening in this country, in the region and in the world. For instance, while we were in Berlin for the World Athletics Championships, one of the best scenarios away from the track events when Kenyan athletes were being celebrated and our National Anthem being sung to the attention of the whole world, was the presence of Tegla Lorupe. She is a Kenyan star who causes a lot of attention across the globe. For instance, Tegla Lorupe had an opportunity to be hosted exclusively by the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of German. Madam Merkel gave Tegla Lorupe adequate opportunity and actually, she went out of her way to ensure that the people of Germany and the world knew that she was meeting with Tegla Lorupe. That is because of the peace efforts that she has been organising. The following day, the Defence Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany invited Tegla and, again, hosted her in the presence of a whole battalion. He gave her a present, a podium and an opportunity to speak to the guests. Therefore, she"
}