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    "id": 1477193,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I wish to contribute to this Motion, and to why it is necessary for Kenya to sign this important Protocol that binds all African States. The first Organisation of African Union (OAU) Charter was signed on 25th May 1963 in Addis Ababa, in the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. That was the formative charter that brought African countries together. It was also the stage and platform from where the countries started fighting for both emancipation and independence of African countries, many of whom at that time were under colonialism. On 11th July 2000 in Lome, Togo, the African Constitutive Act, which I believe is the current African Union Charter or Constitution, was signed by 53 African countries. This had been preceded by the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the AU that took place on 9th September 1999 in the City of Sirte in Libya. The reason I am going through those dates is to lay the ground why this Constitutive Act is a very important document for we legislators or leaders of this country to understand, and for it to form part of the Kenyan legal instruments, as an African country. The OAU Charter largely addressed issues of cooperation between Africans about fighting for decolonisation of territories that still were under colonial rule, and emancipation of Africans wherever they were. The Constitutive Act addresses the important issues of our time: economic and social cooperation, human rights and the rule of law, governance, a strong Africa that looks at partnerships between its people and neighbours, and the rights of 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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