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    "id": 933530,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 202,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to support this report on the delegation to the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) held in Kampala. I am a Member of the Executive Committee of our own branch of CPA. I appreciate the fact that CPA is an association of Members of Parliament from the Commonwealth regions. In this regard, we have the Chair of the African region who is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya. Therefore, we hold senior positions in the CPA. I appreciate Sen. Faki for doing such a good job, having gone there alone and presenting the report. This report is well done. It shows the activities and events as they happened. I would like to highlight a few issues. First, I encourage Members of the Senate to join the membership of CPA individually. It is of great benefit to be a Member of the CPA. It is also affordable to be a life Member of the CPA. When a Member goes to another CPA country, he or she is given good reception for being a Member. One of the things that I find interesting is the focus on the changing nature of our Parliaments especially that younger people are elected to Parliament and the fact that the number of people who exit and come in is rapid as well. So, the emphasis is on inducting MPs well, on capacity building and equipping their work so as to make them better to deal with the changing world. Madam Temporary Speaker, as you have noticed, this Senate is quite ahead in a number of ways. We have adopted ICT in the way we conduct our businesses. For example, we have gone paperless. These are some of the things that the Conference advocated for. It also advocated that we become close to the changing world in terms of climate change. Kenya is experiencing a lot of that today. In areas where hitherto there has been no rain, it is pounding and there are floods. We must appreciate the fact that climate change is here with us. This Conference emphasised that apart from the changing nature of Parliaments, there is also climate change which we must pay close attention to. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are often taken by surprise when we look at the possibilities that we should have collected flood water and stored it somewhere. In the Northern parts of the country where they do not get rain, there was excess rain this year. We should have known as a matter of policy that we could have developed storage for the water so that this part of the country can use it thereafter. I highlight the fact that in every conference that a person attends these days, they speak about innovation. For example, how we carried the activities of Parliament before and how we do it now. We should focus on innovative ways of representing our people. We should be at the level where we can have video conferences from offices. In this day and age, it should be possible to connect with my constituents and sort out issues. We are encouraged to be innovative to that extent. 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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