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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njomo",
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        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to thank Hon. Pkosing for presenting this Report. I know it is a bit late, but better late than never. The IPU is a union of 136-member states who come together and think together of how to make this world a better place. It is a union that enables the respective member states to compare and prepare themselves in such a way that they are able to work together and come up with legislations that will drive their economies for the better and ensure human rights are exercised in a better way in their respective countries. It also helps Members, especially of the newer democracies, from reinventing the wheel. They learn from older parliamentarians on how to do things effectively. I am talking having come from an IPU meeting in New York last week. Member states were thinking of how to have a compact policy on immigration. This will help different nations learn how to deal with immigrants. This Motion was very vibrant. It exposed how different countries treat immigrants. That will help in coming up with some kind of universal and standard way of treating immigrants in such a way that they are going to feel like human beings. They should not be mistreated and should be as comfortable in the countries they have migrated to as when they were in the countries they come from. The IPU works very closely with the UN. This essentially helps the UN as it comes up with resolutions and recommendations. It is helped by organisations and unions such as the IPU in getting more views. Just like when we are making legislations here in Parliament, our Constitution asks us or demands from us that we must ask for public participation. The UN, as an international organisation that deals with many nations, does public participation by going to different parliaments and getting opinions from those parliaments when it is making resolutions and deliberating on their matters. So, this IPU works very closely with the UN. By cooperating with the UN, the IPU also helps in averting wars and quarrels between nations. When Members of Parliament from countries that are adversaries meet, they are able to talk from personal levels in such a way that when crucial matters come up between nations, they can be approached first from personal and friendly levels before they get to a very serious level. That way, many wars are averted. I remember an address that was made by the former President of Zimbabwe to the UN where he was talking about the way Americans have gone to other countries for their personal interests. It was a very tough statement coming from a President. Had this been dealt with from a lower level with more understanding, I believe it could have been solved in a better way. Kenya is a member of the IPU. It is actively involved in activities and all the resolutions that come up in its meetings. Kenya stands to benefit from being a member of the IPU. I, therefore, thank Hon. Pkosing for his good Report that he has brought to the House. I support it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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