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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This Motion calls for a bell that rings in a parliamentary union. The African, Caribbean, Pacific, jointly with the European Union (ACP-EU), cannot be viewed as one of those Commonwealth parliamentary meetings. It is important to bring to sanity the international knowledge that is required from hon. Members to interact. When hon. Members are elected in this House, many of them lack knowledge in international relations. Having perused some of the international laws that are required for us to compare notes with other countries, I appraise my competence to the Kenyan Parliamentary Group under ACP. I am sure they have come back home with very rich knowledge. We need that kind of knowledge to be disseminated to the people in the grassroots. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was held all the way in Vienna, Austria. One question we pose is: When a document comes in the hands of this House, it becomes the property of Parliament. How many hon. Members visit the library to look at the contents and equip themselves with the current information that enshrines and encompasses the ACP Joint Assembly? It is a joint effort. It is a matter of economics. Parliament is now a trade organ. When hon. Members go out of this country, they are the ambassadors of this country. We need to go out there and show our economic potential. Trade, public relations and tourism are such investments. Those are areas our Parliamentarians need to look into. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are no uniform laws in these countries. But since most of them were colonised by the British Government, they fit in this assembly. To me, ACP Assembly is more or less the same as the Cambridge Examination. This examination was done throughout Caribbean Islands and British colonies. What do we, as a country, gain from this assembly? We benefit abundantly from those other countries as we do in the East African Community (EAC). Although we have bilateral agreements with our neighbours, they are very aggressive. For example, they trespass on our soil. They even send militia to invade our country. I believe these issues can be addressed by the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations."
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