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    "id": 1004966,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1004966/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Membership of UNSC at some point can also have the voice of Africa. A lot of decisions are made and conventions passed without the strong voice of African countries. There are many issues affecting us in the areas of climate change, women and children’s rights, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and more so, issues of geo-politics. Therefore, I would like to congratulate Kenya for that position. However, there is one thing I noticed, which we need to work on as a country. There is actually a growing problem. How we are relating with our neighbours is really suspect. I do not know whether the problem is stemming from us or from them. You can see that the people we expected to stand with us as allies did not stand with us at our point of need. As a region, we need to have a very strong voice. Having served in the Pan-African Parliament, I know that for us to forge ahead at the global level, we need to first of all stand together as a sub-region of Africa, before we stand together as the African region and forge ahead as a stronger voice at the global level. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is unfortunate that my dear brother, Hon. Ichung’wah walked out because I wanted to school him in some of these issues. When you are in the opposition, your voice must be heard even on important international issues like this one. He should not be quickly throwing his hands after just one loss as we sit here. I want to encourage him to read the book of Genesis, where Pharaoh had a dream that there were seven fat cows and then suddenly seven thin cows came and ate the seven fat cows. He needs to understand that we have been the thin cows for as long us forever. The thin cows have come and eaten the fat cows. Therefore, he needs to understand how we are operating now. He needs to sit here. Those of us in the opposition stay here until 7.00 p.m. Now that he is learning from us, let him and my good friend, Hon. Moses Kuria, with who I served in the Budget and Appropriations Committee, sit here and be vigilant. Even though we are in the handshake era, I would like to describe the role I am playing here as a person in ODM as what we call in Dholuo “ pandkisu ”, which means a knife that cuts both ways. We clearly have the public interest in mind even as we are in the handshake. So, I would like to teach him about that angle of public interest, which he needs to observe consistently. I take this opportunity to also congratulate the new Leader of the Majority Party for the sterling performance on his first day in office. He has been at this as a Minister before. Before, it was “Kimunya must go” and now I see it is “Kimunya must come back”. But he needs to guard it from experience. Otherwise, it might be another Kimunya…"
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