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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying that for one to be elected in this country, you must be a man who is wealthy, a man with a lot of resources. That actually tells you that he is lucky because if he was in this country, which is not just about democracy but what resources you have to be elected, he would not become President. Because of that, I rearranged my pecking order. Before, I used to think it could be from God, the Son Jesus and then the rest in leadership. But I have rearranged my order in leadership. It is God, then you come to the Son Jesus, to the angels then you come to Hussein Barack Obama. That is because, from what we saw in Nairobi - and thank God that he came on a Friday - the roads were closed from 2.00 p.m. The famous Mombasa Road was closed from 2.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. at night. It is a road that is famous for traffic jams, famous for all of traffic problems that you could mention in this world. But for the road, when Obama was as far as out of this Continent, the roads had already been closed. We do not see this even with our local leadership. Therefore, I think it is important that we appreciate what our brother has achieved. I was just asking myself, because we did not do much as a country, we should have welcomed him with some traditional dances. We should have had Ohangla. We should even have carried Isukuti from Luhyaland or even Mugithi. Mugithi should have been there to welcome our son Obama. We may not have shown clearly that we are welcoming our son home, from the way we did things and we have seen from his clips."
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