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    "id": 542924,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "I have had the benefit and the pleasure of serving in the African Union (AU) and the Economic and Social Council which is the civil society organ of the AU, almost similar to PAP. The Pan-African Parliament has legislative power and the ECOSOC, the civil society permanent assembly has advisory role to the Heads of State in governance. If you look at how the AU has organised its work, you really marvel at the architecture of governance that we do not even see in our countries. In the AU, you have the highest organ which is the Heads of State in governments, the council of ministers, the PAP, the ECOSOC which is the civil society organ bringing the voices of the African people, round tables of experts and you have thematic areas around which the work of AU is organised. We also have blocs. There is the ECOWAS bloc which is largely West African. There is the East African bloc where Kenya is based and then we have the SADC which is the southern region. This is fairly good architecture in terms of how Africa has organised its work and the levels of consultations, advisory organs and intense deliberations that go on in the AU are very admirable. I am hoping that as we look at this Report, that a lot of those lessons can be brought to our countries. Our countries are not spending sufficient time deliberating on issues that affect us. We are not spending sufficient time on matters of security. In this country, we know the issues of insecurity that confront us. The level of expert roundtables that go on in other countries and in AU are the sort of expert roundtables we would expect to see here in Kenya on matters of security. I hope that we can learn from the AU. Looking at the normative frameworks that the AU and especially our Heads of State and governments are able to adopt in Africa, it is also very commendable."
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