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    "id": 1099056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 366,
        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "I remember when President Moi came to power, they were not saying that he was a Kalenjin. They said that he was from a minority tribe of Tugen, which was a minor Kalenjin sub-tribe. That was the emphasis. Because of that, he was able to bring Kenya together. Other leaders such as President Nyerere of Tanzania came from one of the minor tribes in Tanzania. President Kaunda who passed on recently came from one of the minor tribes in Zambia. In fact, there were more people of his tribe in Malawi than in Zambia. People used to say that his father was from Malawi and went to Zambia as a missionary. Kwame Nkurumah, the great Pan-Africanist did not come from the Ashanti Tribe which is a major tribe in Ghana. He was from a minor tribe in Ghana. We must give the opportunity to people from the minority tribes to also come up and be leaders. It may very well be that we shall be looking to such people to lead Kenya rather than say “because of the numbers, we have to look to major tribes to provide the leadership”. That is the legacy that he has left behind. Therefore, we, as the Senate, should expedite that Minority Protection Bill which has been crafted so that it is passed as quickly as possible during this Session when we are still Senators and before the general election of 2022. Madam Deputy Speaker, once again I convey my sincere condolences to the family and to the children that he has left behind. I noticed in yesterday newspapers that the Ogiek community has come together and they had agreed on a person who could be nominated. I would like to appeal to the people responsible for nominations to take on that recommendation and nominate because we would want such a person to be in the Senate as quickly as possible so that he can continue the good work that Sen. Prengei left. With those few remarks, I thank you."
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