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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Report of the proceedings of the First Extraordinary Session of the Plenary Assembly of the Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the Great Lakes Region. First of all, let me express my surprise that the DRC is the host of the Forum for Parliaments in the Great Lakes Region, comprising 12 countries. This is a country where we have all sorts of conflicts, especially in the eastern part. Is it that Member States are afraid to face their colleagues from that country and ask them to adhere to proper governance structures, especially in eastern DRC? Be that as it may, I think it is crucial to state that the future of Africa lies in its integration at various levels and regions. This Forum of Parliament in the Great Lakes Region should be encouraged as the first step towards achieving this integration. The United States of America (USA) has worked very well for Americans. As we move towards the United States of Africa, these small unions based on regions, because of special issues of environment and the fact that we share natural resources such as Lake Victoria and River Nile, which are shared across the countries in this region, should come together at those various levels. We hope and pray that eventually we will have a United Stated of Africa. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also want to challenge the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR)in terms of what they are doing towards a peer review of each other in terms of the way Parliaments operate. I am happy that at this meeting, the Central African Republic Delegation brought up an initiative by Parliament to enforce governance on the member States of the Great Lakes Region. We know that moving forward, this peer review of each other will help to strengthen the region. As we move further towards the United States of Africa, all these will be achieved. When we force good governance on member States, we will eventually get rid of these problems that are associated with African leadership where African leaders think that they should stay in power for life and that once they are in power, it is only death that can take them away or if they come to power through the gun, then, they can only be removed by the gun. We these kinds of mechanisms in place, for example, peer education and review, fora of Parliaments, East African Community (EAC) and all these regional integration efforts, we will achieve good governance for Africa which will, therefore, deal very squarely with humanitarian and social issues which will translate to economic development and proper sharing of natural resources so that we do not have a skewed utilization of natural resources. For example, we know that River Nile is not properly shared out by the countries that enjoy this resource. We have one country which enjoys the value of River Nile more The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.  "
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