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    "id": 1446094,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to begin by appreciating my two colleagues – Sen. (Prof.) Kamar and Sen. Faki, from the Coast – who were among Members who represented the Senate. I always consider these as talk shows especially when we go to a forum organised by a charity. Even though I do not agree with him in most of his contributions, the Speaker of the National Assembly proposed something which is very important. It is about time that we decide whether or not we want to completely delink from this tie that we have had with the Commonwealth for over 10 years and live as independent bodies. However, because it is important for the British to maintain this society, for them and us to be reminded for generations to come that we were colonized by the British, I agree with the observations made by my nemesis just in thoughts - the Speaker of the National Assembly - that it is about time that the UK Parliament passed a legislation to convert this body from just a charity association or a forum where parliaments interact to an inter-parliamentary body with structures and functions. The things that these distinguished and Hon. Members discuss are important and we can learn from each other; things to do with food security. I am happy that they noted the big challenge that we have in Africa. As leaders, if we start looking and thinking about the results, that is when we will have solutions for all our problems. We have a lot of problems which I dare say that even right now as we sit here, we can hear trumpets and vuvuzelas. Of course, those are people lamenting and complaining because of being marginalized. I am happy that when these Members went, they discussed the issue of marginalization because it is the one that breeds terrorism. All these challenges that we are having now are brought about essentially by the problem of not getting anything to eat. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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