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    "id": 1549956,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "influence and have a lot of support within the African Continent. Look at what we have been trying to do to influence Africa in terms of climate change. Look at the recent elections of the Chairman of the African Union. We need to have a lot of influence in Africa. We need to position ourselves as a strong nation that can control a lot of things and have a lot of influence. This is one path; ratify this treaty and join the AFC. Another important thing is that if we are a member of AFC, private-owned companies and the private sector will have a lot of say in Africa. Our business people, manufacturers, and traders can permeate every part of Africa. We will be respected as a nation and so, ratifying this treaty will earn Kenya respect within Africa and at the global stage. It is very important that we approve the ratification. Lastly, one of the things that has been a big problem for us is very expensive multilateral and bilateral loans. We have borrowed very expensive money. Membership of AFC will allow us to have long-term and low-cost loans. The Corporation will also agree to our investment priorities. Many a times, multilateral lenders like the United States give us conditionalities. They tell us they can fund us only for projects they want us to undertake and not the ones we want. See what President Trump is doing in the US by withdrawing funding. During the Biden era, the US said it would give us funds if we allowed homosexuality. African tenets, values and priorities are properly funded from AFC without conditionalities that erode our culture, heritage and values. I urge this House to ratify this treaty so that we can gain our “Africanness” and be able to stand without anybody else dictating anything to us. We should support AFC and put African resources together for the development of the continent. I support, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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