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"content": "countries can come without a visa, so long as they are from Africa. Other countries have not done the same yet, but we hope they will. We believe that as we push these things and as we do our part, trade also will come. So, when we sit in that Pan-African Parliament, we push for these things, that you should be able to go to Angola and do business there and come back in the evening. You should be able to go to DRC and start life there. We should have an education system, so that if my child is in Grade Eight in Kenya and I relocate to Algeria because maybe that is where I am finding business, my child can continue with his education without a problem. We want to create a continent that will have one people speak with one voice; one nation so that we are all able to say Africa is great. The truth of the matter is that other continents are not happy when they see the efforts we are making towards making Africa great again and towards uniting Africa. So, they will keep creating these problems that you see, this country fighting another country, instability in certain nations, so that countries in Africa do not speak with one voice. The majority of us are determined to make Africa the continent that is supposed to be; to take its space where it is supposed to be. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, America, by land mass, is a very small area compared to Africa, but even when they draw the map, they try to make it look bigger than Africa. However, they have made great progress because all the States within the USA are operating with one currency; they have one administration; they have one federal reserve; one central bank and one military. That has enabled them to make a lot of progress. In Africa, in some places, even going from this country to the next country, making a bank transfer of just Kshs1 million, you have to take that money to New York via SWIFT. You pay the charges and then return that money to a neighbour next door because we do not yet have a platform that connects all our trade in Africa. These are the things we are fighting for in the Pan-Africa Parliament (PAP). Our prayer is that as our Parliament and the unity of the heads of states grows stronger, the dream of people like Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, who wanted Africa to be together will be realized within our time. Those are the things we are fighting for. We want to have an area where we can trade together that if you want to buy my coffee or anything, you do not have to pay in dollars. We do not want to be using European or international currencies. By doing this, we are not able to trade comfortably because we have to pay commissions on top of commissions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are also fighting for peace. One of our members is in the Committee on Integration and Peace. We are doing what we can as a PAP to start bringing that sense of togetherness so that you do not segregate against people from Morocco, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe when they are here, they are our brothers and sisters. The more we talk about these things, the more we should accept these people. Burundians and people from West Africa are our friends. Let us not segregate because Africa must rise again. In order to be together, we have to start with the infrastructure. First, as I have said before, the heads of state had that vision. Then they saw the heads of state meeting 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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