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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we talk about women caught up in war and at war, we do not talk about homes and families. We have more widows in war-torn countries. We have no divorces in war-torn countries. The orphans who are in war-torn countries live under deplorable conditions. Article 17 of this Protocol must be addressed by all the nations of Africa. Recently - and I must take issue with the Sudanese Government - when the United Nations Secretary-General went to Darfur, he was blocked by the Sudanese Government from reaching the refuge camps. The spill-over of the war from Darfur has reached Central African countries. Cameroon and Chad are not at peace. Uganda is not at peace with DRC. When you look at Kenya as a \"big brother\", we must take cognisance of the yardsticks that Kenya has used to bring peace in those countries. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and Pan African Parliament (PAP). We have to understand the fact that, when we make peace here and there is war in other countries, the law does not apply. If we ratify these protocols and our neighbours have not done it, we are at a lose. This is not a unilateral issue. It must be a multi-lateral issue affecting African countries. We have to emphasise that all the Presidents who signed these protocols did not sign them as a public relations exercise. They signed them to become a law that will save our country and our Continent. Natural resources are like food on the table. You have many children fighting and scrambling for a bite. Kenya, like other countries, is looking for that share. That is what they call a share of the national cake. But when it comes to humanity, it is very serious. It is more than just signing or ratifying the protocols. The difference between the Executive and the Legislature is the barrier. There are Parliaments which are controlled by the Executive. They cannot pass laws. Even if they pass laws, their Presidents cannot allow them to ratify or legalise those legislations. We call upon those countries to make sure that they respect law; that presidents are not above legislation. They must work for the people, with the people and by the people who elect them. That is the exact thing that we have to magnify this time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, objectives of programmes of action is that member States undertake to promote the joint strategies and policies outlined. How many times have they taken issues, cognisant of what they have been discussing at high level meetings? Ministers of foreign affairs have been drafting these documents and sending them to Heads of States yet most of these documents need to be channelled through parliaments so that the countries are involved in these kinds of protocols. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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