{"id":1477242,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1477242/?format=json","text_counter":312,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Wajir North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Ibrahim Saney","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Protocol is a diplomatic tool for engaging between African states. It is also an interactive tool for reaction and relation. It aligns our values as Africans. We come from a common heritage and destiny. We have so much commonalities that hold us together as African states. It is like a giant economic bloc though sleeping. So, it aligns our values, goals and even our identity as an African continent. What was once a source of slave trade or human capital in the name of slavery can today come together in the form of a protocol or an international instrument to foster development and agree on their own interests and come up with their home-grown initiative. That is what this Protocol looks up to."}