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    "id": 963556,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963556/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen (Dr.) Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dr. Ali Abdullahi Ibrahim",
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    "content": "(f) Contribute to a more prosperous future for the people of Africa by promoting collective self-reliance and economic recovery; (g) Facilitate co-operation and development in Africa; (h) Contribute to a more prosperous future for the people of Africa by promoting collective self-reliance and economic recovery; (i) Facilitate cooperation and development in Africa; (j) Strengthen continental solidarity and build a sense of common destiny among the people of Africa; and, (k) Facilitate cooperation among regional economic communities and parliamentary fora. The Membership of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is comprised of 200 Members of Parliament (MPs) from each of the 50 African Union (AU) Member States that have ratified the PAP Protocol, with each Member State represented by five MPs. The representatives are elected by the legislatures of the AU Member States. However, the protocol on the Constitutive Act of the AU relating to the Pan African Parliament (Malabo Protocol) has proposed for election of PAP Members through universal suffrage. Once ratified, membership to the PAP will be through election in the respective countries, similar to elections of Members to the European Union (EU). PAP MPs will be barred from serving as MPs in their respective national legislatures once the Malabo Protocol is signed. This is one of the changes that seeks to transform the PAP to a fully legislative organ, once the protocol is ratified by the requisite membership. Kenya has not ratified this process to date. The whole number of countries which have ratified it is only 12. In the East African region, it is only Somalia and Madagascar which have ratified the protocol; all the others have not ratified it. When you talk of the East African Region, it is bigger than our East African Community (EAC). It includes Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius. Those are the ones who form the East African Caucus."
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