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    "content": "Therefore, I would like to encourage our hon. Members to take up a more proactive role within the Assembly itself with a view to re-energising the African efforts to get this problem resolved. The more we have this matter remain the way it is, the more African governments will feel ashamed before the international community, because one part of the African Continent is likely to disappear from the world map if we are not careful. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a matter we raised last time, which I am sure hon. Members are still thinking about – rotational sittings of the PAP in the regions. We have seen that our representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), together with other hon. Members in that Assembly, have had occasions to come to Kenya and have their sittings here. That gives them the advantage of learning more about Kenya. It gives this country’s tourism sector a chance to grow. It also gives hon. Members of the EALA the chance to engage directly with the citizens of member states. They have the opportunity of walking in the streets of Nairobi, and engaging with ordinary Kenyans. This may make them wiser in their debates. Even though I know that Committees of regional Assemblies come to our Parliament and engage with us directly, we think in terms of whether they can have rotational sittings in, say, East Africa or Southern Africa or West Africa. Even though the base of the PAP remains in South Africa, the sittings can be rotated, so that there can be an opportunity for people to have access to PAP members. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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