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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion on the Report of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU) and related meetings held in Doha, Qatar. First of all, I would like to congratulate Sen. Kihika for this Report. The IPU is a very special organization to this country. We, as Kenya, hold the presidency on the Forum of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. Sen. Kihika is the President of that Forum in IPU. That aside, this forum is one of the most important forums in the calendar of Parliament. This is because 179 Member Parliaments are Members of this forum. That means that 179 country parliaments; people with the powers to make laws, legislate and make decisions that can affect their citizens in very strategic areas, come together under one roof during this Assembly. This Assembly and IPU Forum is one very important calendar event, which happens twice a year. It is important that we, as Kenya, take it very seriously. I am glad that very serious parliamentarians went there. The list is as read out by Sen. Kihika. Very important and strategic areas were discussed. These areas are not just globally significant, but very significant even for our own country. In the case of 140th Inter Parliamentarian Union Assembly, the theme was ‘Parliament as a Platform to Enhance Education for Peace, Security and the Rule of Law.’ This is a very important theme because it is through education that we can achieve anything, be it peace, security, socio-economic status et cetera . It is a very important rights issue for education, peace and rule of law to be upheld. This was very timely. It is also very important that we have a very comprehensive Report here; 72 pages of in-depth analysis of what happened at the Assembly. It also has an in-depth capturing of the resolutions of the Assembly and contributions even by our own Members of Parliament and Speaker who was the head of our delegation. Therefore, we know that these resolutions have the ear and eyes of the leadership of our Parliament. Definitely, they will be implemented given that they are part of the people that generated them and, therefore, own these resolutions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at this Report in terms of its content, it covers the area of climate change, as enumerated by Sen. Kihika, which is, of course, a global issue and challenge. In fact, we, as Africans, should be at the forefront of climate advocacy and lobby. Even though we may not be the people that have contributed to the global warming, we are suffering the effects of it, perhaps, much more than anybody else in this world. This is especially so, coming from the northern Kenya where there is a cycle of floods and drought every year, where even our range lands are not generating any grass at all. We can squarely put this on the effects of global climate change and the fact that even though we may not have been number one in terms of the cause of the global warming, we, as Africans and Kenyans, especially from where I come, are seeing very dramatic departure from the climate that we knew before. As much as climate change may look like something that is much more global and, therefore, may not touch us directly, in terms of the impact, it is important that our 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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