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    "id": 1005051,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005051/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Chepkut",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Kamuren Chirchir Chepkut",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk on this success and we accept it with a lot of zeal. I take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President for campaigning through virtual platforms and the ICT infrastructure. It is, indeed, my deepest appreciation to God Almighty, to His Excellency the President and the people of Kenya for achieving the benefits of Kenya sitting in this highest organ of the United Nations Security Council with a composition of 15 Members. I thank those who supported us. I refuse to believe that our neighbours could not support us. The reason is that success breeds envy; success breeds jealousy and success breeds hatred. But the benefit of Kenya sitting in the UNSC is justice and bilateral trade, climate change and human rights. I again thank the spirit of team work. Kenya’s ambassadors, the Cabinet Secretaries; Monica Juma, Rachelle Omamo and Dr. Kamau did a great job, including the athletes who come from my own constituency. Mr. Eliud Kipchoge, Kipchoge Keino and Daniel Komen all come from my constituency. The Chirchir Center and Kaptagat are in my constituency. It is 10,000 feet above sea level and so, the environment is good. Mo Farah from the UK and all athletes from Ethiopia train in my constituency and in Uasin Gishu. So, this is a great opportunity. Kenya is a great country. I want to tell Members that all this is because of the persistence, passion, connection and networking spearheaded by the President who, according to Article 131 (a), is the Head of State and Government. In Article 131 (d), he is the Commander-in-Chief of Kenya Defence Forces. That is a Five-Star General. He is actually a gentle giant. He is a good man who accommodates everybody, including Uganda and Tanzania, just to mention but a few. When I was in the Ministry of East African and Regional Co-operation, COMESA, AGOA and IGAD were all spearheaded by Kenyans. Ambassador (Eng.) Mahboub Maalim, who happens to be the current Chairman of Kenya Power was in Djibouti. We used to fly to Djibouti to negotiate for our country, especially on AGOA. As you know, the clothes from the EPZ are exported to America. It is unfortunate that China never voted for us and yet, we are supporting them. It is, therefore, true that we must sit and consult further. But we want to thank His Excellency the President…"
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