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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "It is also good for me to state to the Members that, like Parliament of Kenya, IPU also works in committees. They have about five committees, which I will mention shortly. In the last Parliament, I was privileged to represent our Parliament in the IPU. For those of us who were participants at that time, we all did very well. The IPU has several committees. It is good for me to mention them because there might be new Members who would be required to serve in the IPU. Nomination to this Assembly is done by the Speaker, and some of you might be Members of the IPU this time. It is good for them to understand the available committees, so that they can compete for the slots as they are similar to the ones we have in this Parliament. The IPU works through the following committees: (1) Standing Committee on Peace and International Security. It deals with security issues which affect the world, including terrorism, thuggery and others. (2) Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade. (3) Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights. This is where I served and I was elected as a serious official and did my best, which I will state briefly. (4) Standing Committee on United Nations. It is good for Members to understand these committees because if you get an opportunity to participate, please fight for a seat. That is how our country will be recognised internationally on how it participates. (5) Standing Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians. It also works through another committee we call the Committee to Promote Impact of International Humanitarian Law. (6) The Bureau on Women Parliamentarians and Gender Principle are other committees. (7) We have the Forum for Young Parliamentarians. Members get opportunity to be nominated from parliaments, and I am particularly addressing ours. I urge Hon. Members who will participate that for our ideas to make it to the Floor of the House, Members must participate in these committees. This is because the House in IPU only sits to deliberate what comes from committees. Having no members in committees might mean that the Kenyan agenda may not find itself on the Floor of the House. It is good to note that in the last Parliament, Kenya was very visible. Of course, the world is divided into regions – Africa, Asia and so on. When it comes to Africa, we used to participate and play a very key role to be able to send our agenda. In fact, for the first time, Kenya was able to get its member to the Executive Committee of IPU, which is the apex of IPU. We were represented by the former Speaker of the Senate, Hon. Ekwee Ethuro. In the Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, I used to represent this Parliament. As I said, I was further elected to the leadership of that Committee."
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