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    "id": 196409,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank all the hon. Members who have debated this Report. It was a great opportunity for us as a Delegation to attend the ACP-EU Joint Assembly. It was our first time to attend the Assembly and we learnt a lot. I would like to respond to some of the comments that hon. Members have made. There is an hon. Member who talked about the topic of malaria. I want to mention that we will take that forward, because the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly relies on topics from various groups. So, we will take that topic through the African group and see if it can be tabled in the next one or two years. That is a very important point that was raised. Another hon. Member mentioned something, which I should touch on - the issue of expunging a clause from the Report. When we went for this Assembly, there were nine Motions on Kenya, two by the ACP group and seven by the EU group. We have put all those documents in the library for posterity. We had to re-work on that because of the changing situation in Kenya. We were able to convince them that the scenario had changed. In some of the motions that had been raised, especially by the EU group, there were even statements of censure on Kenya, because of what was going on. However, we managed to convince them that the National Peace Accord had been signed. Fortunately, Parliament passed the two Motions when we were sitting. So, they were able to receive the good news and, in fact, commended this Parliament. Yes, there are some points that may look out of place in the Motion that was passed, but the state of affairs was different at that stage. Therefore, some of the statements that came in did so, because of the situation that was prevailing in Kenya at that time. Otherwise, as for the Report's circulation, I would like to assure hon. Members that the Speaker's Panel will be discussing the issue of how long the document should be with hon. Members before they are discussed in the House. That is a very valid point. We will be able to raise it. With those remarks, I would like to commend the Report to the House and thank the House for the lively debate. Thank you."
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