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"speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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"content": "What am I trying to say is that even in our own country, we need to take firmly on issues of governance. If we can go firmly and say that Kenya is not a nation that is going to be ruled by the whims of an individual or groups of individuals, but be country of laws which are based on justice, democracy and human rights. I think once we make a choice to go through that trajectory, what has been said in the Speech by the President will be attained. Secondly, so long as we build our democracy and institutions, we stand to gain. I did not want to long in seconding this Motion, but when we are appreciating Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura for coming back to this Chamber, there were comments that were being made about the ‘Handshake.’ I want to say without fear of contradiction that anybody who saw Kenya as it was in 2013 and 2017 or previously in this cycle of elections, as a country, we were moving in the wrong direction. We have always moved in the right direction by making certain compromises. At the time when President Kibaki decided to work with the Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, and if you look at the Accord that was signed by both of them, as individual leaders and as leaders of their political parties, it was not very popular among certain politicians in this country. In 2007, if we did not have the Grand Coalition Government, I am certain that it would have been extremely difficult to achieve the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. This Constitution has been a very important achievement in our country and we continue to congratulate ourselves for this milestone. In 2017, eventually when President Uhuru Kenyatta decided to work with the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, again, there were cynics and skeptics who said that this was not the right thing to do. There are instances all over the world where we can say that leaders get together for the sake of the country to make them advance. There are examples in Europe, in the United Kingdom, when Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister when that country was going through very difficult time because of the war in Europe. In the Second World War, in the United States of America, it was very difficult to distinguish political parties at the beginning of what became the USA. In fact, if you look at categorization of the first President of USA, George Washington, he is listed as an independent. That is why he was able to carry along four or five people who eventually also became the Presidents of the USA; great ideas coming together and forming synergy, which then was used to build the country to great heights. I think that those in Jubilee who want to insist on being cynics and skeptics, and undermining the objectives of the unity between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon. Raila |Odinga, if you read this Speech thoroughly, one cannot reach any other conclusion, but that the ‘Handshake’ gave this country an opportunity to advance forward and do the things that mattered to our people generally. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy that there were few things that the President announced which are important to the ordinary people. One, was the question of making restrictions on withdrawals or banking’s of Kshs1 million or more. Many people have been suffering quietly and quite loudly also because these restrictions make The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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