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    "id": 1556668,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "have a little correction. Until early this year, I was the President of the Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians. When I joined two years ago, I was immediately elected as the Vice-President of the Committee, where I served for one year. I was then elected as the President, serving for another year. Because of the nature of the work of the Committee, you are only allowed to serve for one year. I served for one year, and my term ended this year. We have a new President from Europe. The IPU is a Parliament of Parliaments. I have served in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) before, which deals with African issues. The IPU deals with global issues and has membership in all the nations you have mentioned. I request to say two things. First, I was elected in my individual capacity in the Committee I sit in and not nominated by the Parliament of Kenya. This is my first time serving as a Member of this Parliament in the IPU. One of the things that I have observed is that other countries have risen to the top because of consistency. I request that we have dedicated Members the way we have some in PAP so that they are recognised even if they seek core positions in future. Last year, we supported the Speaker of Parliament of Tanzania, who became the President. He is currently serving as the President. However, it becomes difficult because Members of Parliament from Kenya keep coming in and out. I am not pushing this for myself because I came under a different setup. I am encouraging the Members who are there to attend continuously, which will help Kenya. Finally, this goes to our Members because many of them are unaware of the Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians. It protects the rights of Parliamentarians globally. We deal with Members of Parliament who have been murdered and some who have gone through sexual violence and enforced disappearances. I encourage our Members because most do not know about this system, which they can utilise. We were very happy this time because one of the Members of Parliament we defended became the Prime Minister of Senegal, Hon. Ousmane Sonko. When we see things like that, they make us very happy. We defended and protected him. We were his voice when he was being harassed. With those few remarks, I encourage us in Kenya to continue being an open and democratic society so that we do not find ourselves in a situation I see in the other countries in the IPU. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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