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    "id": 1005026,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I feel honored because this is a subject that I have dreamt of for very many years. At the outset, I want to congratulate His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta. I also want to congratulate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and every Kenyan who took an interest to follow the issue of this particular election. I want to put it on record very clearly that the Member who has just finished his contribution has said that we were vying for the second time. No! This is our third time of vying at the UN Security Council. Those of us who have been following and going to the UN forums know what it means for your country to sit in the UN table. We have been in the corridors lobbying. We have been in the side events lobbying with other governments to tell them issues of youth, human rights and women. These are issues that we have done for many years as the women of this nation when we go to the UN forums. I particularly understand because I have been to those forums for many years and I know how important this seat is for us as a country. We have been leading in Africa. This has proven that we can take responsibility. On this responsibility that we have taken on behalf of Africa, we must stand tall and be counted as a country. We must take responsibility on issues of human rights, governance, youth empowerment, building bridges and sustainable development, among others. Members talked about our neighbors not voting for us. However, I am at pain that there are countries that come and do business in our country and they did not vote for us. China is one of them. They do all sorts of businesses in this country and they avoided and refused to vote for us. Yes, we were taken to ICC. My constituency is at the tip of that triangle we are talking about. When I talk and stand here, I know what it means for us to take our case to the UN Security Council. Peace and security are crucial for our continent, country and even my constituency. Last night alone, a whole village was burned down completely. Women were raped. The chiefs had to run away with three KPRs who were in the village. So, we want to lead from the front as a country. We are privileged and honored by the world and particularly, by the African Continent, for being their flag-bearer. We want to say thank you very much to the African Continent. We want to appreciate them. They have given us a status that we believe Kenya belongs to. As a country, we must stand together. I want to appreciate all those young men and women who took to social media in congratulating Kenya and the world in appreciating what the world has given to us. With those few remarks, I want to say thank you again and I support."
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