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Just before we head into our break, our guest coming up has quite an interesting story, to give you the short version she is Kenyan-born but is now serving her second term in the Swiss Parliament. Her name is Hon. Yvonne Apiyo Brandle-Amolo representing the Social Democratic Party in Switzerland. She’ll tell us more about how she got there after the break, but let’s give you a bit more information on how Switzerland’s political system works.
Yvonne Apiyo Brandle Amolo is an MP in Switzerland
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