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    "id": 542920,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "maintaining law and order in West Africa. We have also seen that some trade blocs have brought a lot of benefits to countries in the specific regions. We have seen the Southern African Development Community (SADC) promote trade in the Southern Africa region up to Tanzania. We have also seen our own trade bloc in the East African Community. When people are united, they form a bigger market for their goods, share intelligence, research and exchange goods through trade. Surprisingly, because of the East African Community, Kenya trades more with Uganda and Tanzania than with Europe and any other country in the world. For us to grow our economies and become rich, we have to get our things right. It is only through proper public management, good governance and leadership that we can get things right. If African leaders will not entertain tribalism, negative ethnicity and corruption, this continent will move forward. There was genocide in Rwanda and close to a million people were massacred. However, they learnt their lessons and picked up their pieces. Today, you can walk in the streets of Kigali at any time of the night without checking who is behind you. Every investor wants to invest there. Rwanda is not rich in minerals. It is a tiny country with a small population, but you can see what good governance can bring. With the adoption of this Report of the Pan-African Parliament, African countries should learn from each other. The first leaders after Independence such as Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta worked towards pan-africanism and bringing Africa into one country. They had a vision. Where did that vision go? Four years ago, Muammar Gaddafi, who was promoting the African Union, was killed. We may say many bad things about him, but he had a vision for the African Union. Unless people are united, we will not achieve much. When you are united, you achieve much. Africa is divided into two religions, namely, Islam and Christianity. Islam is the most practised religion in Africa. I was also surprised that Kiswahili is the second most spoken language in Africa. We can unite. Christians and Muslims have lived together for centuries without wars. Even today in Turkey Christians and Muslims live together. In other countries they live together happily. This idea of trying to exploit religion to create some division among people is wrong. It should be addressed. This country has been blessed. This continent has been blessed. In Africa we do not experience cold winters. So, we do not have to buy gas to heat our homes. We have the equator passing through the continent. We have the best forests. We have daylight sunshine, beaches and animals to promote everything. However, we cannot get our act together. Look at tourism. In most countries where tourism was doing well, it has died because of insecurity. Pan-African Parliament will now elect members the way we are elected to this House instead of us appointing them. Let them be serious and legislate. Let all countries adhere to the protocols, conventions and agreements set out by the PAP for this continent to be strong. If 50 years after Independence, most African countries are still exporting their raw materials with little or no value addition, we will still remain poor. Let us trade amongst ourselves, try to manufacture things and create strong research centres. Let us exchange ideas at the continental level. That will help this continent to develop faster. Today most of the rich countries are coming to Africa and signing agreements with African countries independently, some for farming, others to do infrastructure The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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