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    "id": 1055015,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1055015/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I join my colleagues in expressing my profound praise over your recent coronation. It is on my behalf and on the behalf of the people of Saboti and indeed on behalf of the young people of this country that we represent here. I think nobody has represented the young people. I also stand to praise you on behalf of the young people of this country for a successful event. The event of coronation of the Njuri-Ncheke is very peculiar. In fact, when I was observing it, I tended to think that this country is not mature for democracy. If you look at such events, they could have given us better leaders than the democracy we subject or suffocate this country to. Indeed, it is actually the democracy that has fired up tribalism. I think we would be a very peaceful country if our events like this could be used to produce leaders to sit at the helm of this country. Compare the events of the Njuri-Ncheke . You will not see chaos. You will not see violence. There was no police. No Kshs2 million was stolen. No IEBC clerk was chased away. The event was very peaceful. There was no cacophony of tribalism. There was absolutely nobody arrested. No tear gas. You can see the people’s representatives are all in praise. There is no Petition against you. So, these are some of the events that can be used to give us leaders instead of taking this country into the democratic process. Democracy has not always produced the best leaders. Good leaders like you, if subjected to democracy, do not make it. Going forward, maybe these are some of the events that we should use. I do not think our country was mature for democracy. These are events that should be used to give us leaders in the meantime as we slowly mature democratically."
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