As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.

We need to increase the capacity; we need to improve performance so that we are more effective at lending that kind of support.

Really, a critical matter in the public service is radically to improve the quality of management.

I don't suppose I would describe myself as a showman.

The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent.

At the same time, you have got these traditional councils. And the challenge is how to make sure that they function together [with municipal councils], smoothly, and that is part of what this legislation is trying to address.

I know there is a lot of concern I know about plans that Iran might have to develop nuclear weapons which arises from positions that Iran took in the past when in fact it did not disclose things to the IAEA… because they were hiding something. I can understand that.