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    "id": 963565,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, as I went through the report, I read in one of the pages that Anne, who is a representative of World Bank (WB), was saying that Members get investments of up to US$17 billion from the WB. If African countries were cooperating very well, helping each other and supporting each other in terms of business and markets, then Africa would not have been the highest recipient from WB. We do not need that aid because Africa has the highest potential in terms of human capital. We are the only continent that is growing in terms of population. We are the continent with the highest mineral resources, and we are well endowed with all other resources. Even in terms of clean energy, we have the sun in abundance. This is, therefore, a continent that does not need all that support. It is a continent whereby if we kept corruption away and increased the relationship between African countries, then Africa would be the best in the world. Madam Temporary Speaker, they also discussed coordination among parliamentarians in terms of harmonising policies and ratifying agreements between us on what is passed in that Parliament. That is not happening in this country. I do not know if some of you saw a video clip of a lady who was talking about Anglophone Africans being forced to deposit all their money in France, then France determines how much of that interest needs to come back to Africa. I do not know how much that is true, but that lady lost her job because of stating a fact that is crippling the economy of Africa. Therefore, unless Africans speak for each other--- Europe has the EU, America has the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and all these other agreements between South America, North America and others; and they are an economic block. Therefore, as individual countries in Africa, we are not able to compete with that kind of mighty power. That is why we need Africa countries to ease travel between economic blocs. We have many economic blocs in Africa such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the East Africa Community (EAC) and so on and so forth. What stopped Africa from having one economic bloc? Africa has the highest number of youth. Therefore, we should take advantage of the big market. Other continents have ageing populations which has an effect on their workforce. Truth be told, Africans are also getting education. We should use all the resources that we have so that we move to the next level. In Africa, 60 per cent of the population is under the age of 25 years. We have a vibrant population with a lot of energy. If we have improved healthcare, that is a big working population that can make a huge difference to the economy of Africa. Madam Temporary Speaker, Members of the PAP should not just talk about harmonization of policies and leave it like that. When they make resolutions in that Parliament, it should be replicated by other countries so that we all move in tandem. South Africa was appreciated because that is where the PAP is. I apologize for what I am going to say, but in my view, the PAP should not be in South Africa. That is a country where fellow Africans are butchered every time in the name of xenophobia. They should have regulations in their country so that fellow Africans are not harmed within their jurisdiction. We cannot achieve Pan-Africanism, free movement and free trade"
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