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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lemaletian",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I appreciate my colleague Sen. Cherarkey for seconding it very profoundly and passionately. I had no idea that he was well informed on these matters. I also inform him that there is another subsequent report that is coming on the issue of the rape of women. We have been doing a lot as a committee in terms of bringing these countries together. There was a time I was privileged to be the President of the forum when I was the only Kenyan Delegate who made it to the forum. It was a very sombre mood because some Members of Parliament (MPs) from Rwanda and the DRC almost swept each other by fist because that was how intense the conflict in the region is. On the issue of rape and displacement of women, many of them are actually affected deeply. They are traumatised and depressed. I profoundly thank the Republic of Uganda because they have one of the largest refugee camps in the world. It is in Southern Uganda and is called Nakivale Refugee Settlement. They have one of the best refugee policies in the world. They have a free policy where all refugees are welcomed to join the camp from whichever country. In the Great Lakes Region, they are accommodating refugees from about 12 countries. In the same breath, I thank our beloved nation under the stewardship of the former President Uhuru Kenyatta. There were about 22 refugees in the camp. Upon visiting it, we were told that they had been brought back to the country and integrated back to the community. I truly challenge the African leaders because all these problems are rooted from the wars and displacement of people. The level of trauma that the wars are causing in the African soils is very tremendous and regrettable. Many of these conflicts emanate from poor leadership, decisions and negligence of the roles and duties bestowed upon us by our people, citizens, the Constitution and God Almighty. I was very heartbroken in Nakivale Refugee Settlement when I saw very young children about 4 years old running after us begging for education. All they want is education. We had visited the Regional Director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and one of the biggest problems they were facing was funding. The USA being one of the major funding partners was quite strained so to say. As African nations, especially those who have stability, we need to contribute more into these refugee camps. I thank our nation because we also have a refugee camp in Dadaab. For those of us sitting in the comfort zones, you have no idea the magnitude of pain and disaster that war is causing across our continent. With that, I also thank all my colleagues for participating very passionately. I do not know the criteria they used to choose the members who sit in this committee, but all of us are very strong Pan-Africanists. Whenever we are on that forum, Kenyans stand"
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