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    "id": 780395,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Gogo",
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        "legal_name": "Lilian Achieng Gogo",
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    "content": "Allow me at this juncture to mention two senior members of this noble House. I want to mention Hon. Musikari Kombo and the current governor of Bomet, Dr. Joyce Laboso, who have co-chaired activities at ACP-EU. I bring to your attention a proposal that was made to have these people join the group of eminent persons from the ACP-EU countries and also the EU. We should have a system that recognises the contribution of Members of Parliament when they go there. Looking at the work that these Members did, that enabled them to rise to the level of co- chairs, it is a good thing and we must come back to our country and recognise the effort these members made to reach the highest echelon of leadership at the ACP-EU. I request and urge whoever takes up the Office of the Ambassador in Brussels, Luxembourgand the EU to take up this matter seriously and follow it up and substantively bring it for debate so that we have these members conjoined as Members who belong to the group of eminent persons from Africa, Caribbean and the EU. It will be good for Kenya. On political matters, the ACP-EU is a good forum. Occasionally, we have had, as a country, to go through fire and brimstone. However, if it was not for the ACP-EU, a lot of lies would be tabled outside there about Kenya. When I am outside Kenya I am Kenyan. When I go to any system to represent Kenya, I am Kenyan. I go there, I say the truth about Kenya. When it was so hot and fiery, I had to stand up and I did not want to care what somebody would think about me on this. I said: “Kenya hakuna matata .” What am I saying here? This is a very good forum to put the other countries on the true state of what is happening in Kenya. It puts up a true picture because when one wants to paint Kenya as a failed state, then this is a very good programme. It is a good avenue and a good platform that can be used by people who are representing this country to go and say that we are not burning; that Kenya is not a failed state; that Kenya is a state like any other state, and that it is stable and able to manage its affairs. With those very many remarks, I say that it is a good Report. Thank you, Hon. Ruth, for bringing it to the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the time. Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly, thank you for giving me an opportunity. I would want to serve in this area. If I get another opportunity to go for ACP-EU meetings, I will be more than glad."
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