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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Leader of the Kenyan Delegation to the 115th IPU Assembly, I beg to reply. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me thank all the hon. Members for their contributions and support of this Report of the delegation. I have a couple of observations to make before I move it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in future, the Kenyan delegation needs to be more prepared in terms of campaigning for posts. This is a problem that we have in this country. The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations has alerted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that when important international candidatures come up in Committees, Kenya is least prepared. Unfortunately, although Kenya hosted the 114th IPU Conference here in May last year, when we went to Geneva in October we were ill-prepared to lobby for a seat in one of the key committees. I hope this will not happen again. As Parliament, we should consult the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop our capacity to prepare for candidatures in such international organisations. My other observation, this having been my first time to go to an IPU Conference, is that although we really criticise this country's leadership for upholding senior citizens in positions, my observation in the IPU is that, generally, most Parliaments are full of senior politicians. The reason for this is that experience is required for politicians to reach such seniority. Therefore, even as we push for young people to come to Parliament---"
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