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    "content": "purposes and this had spilled over to Kenya. We have also seen some attacks on them. It gives hope that we are integrating and creating awareness to demystify this issue of albinism. The challenge I want to throw to Pan-African Parliament concerns the issue of making Africa a common destiny. It is in the Report and it has not been achieved. If you travel to Europe and some areas, you just need one visa to visit many countries. Why is it that, in African, one needs to attain over 40 visas to go to different countries in the same continent? I think we need to address this issue. In East Africa, we have tried but even for blocs to succeed, we need to open up our borders for people in this continent. This will make business and integration easier. When you come back home, issues to do with regional economic activities have not been dealt with. We still have some countries that are feeling threatened by others. For example, there are issues between Tanzania and Kenya. There is also the issue of Migingo Island that is never ending. In Migingo, the military police from Uganda has been arresting our police officers. I think those are some of the issues they should tackle and eliminate to ensure we make this continent friendly and do business with ease. The issue of climate change is key in the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference. Unless we deal with it, we will still have problems. If you ask Hon. Sankok, he will tell you that when you watch the wildebeest migration right now, the water they used to splash all over is no longer there. Yet, it is one of the most important attractions which bring tourists to this country. It has not been killed by an act of God but man. We have cut and degraded our forests and we are running away from that and dealing with those issues politically. When I look at the non-ending wars in the Mau Forest, I cry for the generations to come. We need to consider our children who will live in this country 20 or 30 years to come, and conserve that forest. We should do that not for ourselves, but for them. We should not play politics with it. We need to realise that everything will be affected in years to come and human- kind will suffer. As the late Prof. Wangari Maathai used to say - and may her soul rest in peace - nature is very unforgiving. If you are not kind to it, it will not be kind to you. Another thing I have realised is the conjecture or the role of institutions like the civil society in pushing agendas. It is recognised in this Report that they should not just deal with Parliaments, but consider working with other people like the World Bank and other donors. This awareness should be made public so that people know it is the responsibility of each one of us. Finally, Pan-African Parliament was held in South Africa and it is good for this Parliament to tell the public that some of the trips which Members take are not just for leisure, but they deal with issues which are affecting this county. They inform policy and the role of this Parliament. Even as we introduce austerity measures, we should not kill the learning, integration and networking that is done by Members. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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