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    "id": 542906,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Isaack",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Shaaban Ali Isaack",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to support the adoption of this Report which is very important. The Pan-African Parliament is an important institution that Africa needs. This Parliament will be the reconnaissance of the African dream; the pan Africanism which our forefathers, the late Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere, among others, dreamed and had a vision of. I hope this new African Parliament will address and fulfill this vision which our forefathers had. Having said that, the Pan-African Parliament should address the issue of climate change. As my colleague has just stated, despite the fact that climate change has been caused by the industrialised nations in the West, Africa’s contribution to this pollution has taken toll on our climate, air and seas. Africa produces less than 2 per cent of this pollution. We need compensation for the pollution of our continent. This is what the African Parliament should address. As a result of this pollution on our continent which we have not caused because Africa is yet to be industrialised, it has affected our agriculture which is the backbone of our economy. Now, Africa is turning into a desert. Areas which have been arable lands that were producing plenty of food no longer produce. Therefore, climate change has had a big toll on Africa and, therefore, this is what Pan-African Parliament should seriously address. In matters of security, Africa is known to be the continent of conflict and disaster where many people have died. We are the faces of starvation and death. This has to change. A good example is the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia which for the last 25 or 30 years have not seen the semblance of any government. There has been no law or order."
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