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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Richard Tong’i (",
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    "content": "Nyaribari Chache, JP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to speak on the chance that has come to Kenya. At the outset, I want to congratulate the President for being at the frontline of championing for this opportunity. It takes a lot of hard work and campaigns to get this opportunity. It took a lot of hard work on the part of the President in terms of giving leadership and the virtual campaigns that he did during this COVID-19 pandemic period to earn this seat, considering how many countries wanted it. He did not sit back to wait for things to happen. He gave leadership on this matter. Allow me to congratulate the Committee that I sit in as the Vice-Chairman for a job-well- done. I know for every opportunity we had, we spoke to the foreign visitors who came to Kenya, especially from other parliaments. We never missed an opportunity to ask them for their support. It took a lot of networking for this opportunity to come. Parliament gave its support. If I can remember one of the opportunities that I had to accompany the Speaker outside the country, one of the agenda that the Speaker spoke about for more than 50 per cent of his time in the meeting was on the support that Kenya needed to have a chance to sit at the United Nations Security Council. Therefore, it is safe to say that the entire country has been behind this campaign. It took a lot of resources and manpower for this to happen. I know that as the Speaker’s Office, you did your bit and we are grateful as a country. One may want to ask what this means to Kenya. I have seen many of these questions coming from Kenyans who are asking what this opportunity means to us – what a seat at the United Nations Security Council portends for us. Life is about options; life is about perceptions. If you are perceived to be doing well, then you are doing well. If you are perceived to be struggling, then you are struggling. For people to understand the genesis and success of this opportunity to sit at the United Nations Security Council, they must appreciate that there are only 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. We will be sitting at the table that the USA sits, courtesy of the President’s initiative. We will be on the same table with China, Russia, and all the major countries in the world, including the UK – which colonised us. It is an opportunity that has come at the right The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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