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    "id": 1156421,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "The political parties should not underestimate and understate the importance of demonstrating fairness. I call upon them to conduct the primaries with fairness. Let us ensure that Kenyans get the best leaders. It is the duty of parties to ensure that their nominations are done with a lot of fairness, credibility, taking cognizance of the leaders that the people want. Let them promote this. Let us also see gender parity this time round. Let us see inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and young people in our political parties. I am proud of my own party the Wiper Democratic Party. We have spearheaded and been on the front row when it comes to PWDs, young people and women. Let us also not forget to call upon the Government agencies that are entrusted with promotion of peace. We have to curb any incidents of hate speech. Incidences of violence must be dealt with. We want to see the perpetrators being dealt with. For once, let us see our agencies not joking with this issue. Let us not hear there have been leaders who are perpetrating violence and hate speech and at the same time allowed to vie. Let us see some serious action this time round from our agencies. Our young people should not to be used by politicians. We need to keep reminding them not to be vehicles of being used by being given little money and bought for alcohol so that they can cause scuffles in a competitor’s rally. Let us promote politics with decorum. It is us leaders who should spearhead these things. Finally, and most importantly, I wish all the Senators and aspirants good mental health. It is a time of a lot of anxiety. In fact, I was speaking to somebody yesterday who was telling me she has so much acidity because of the levels of anxiety. Today, she get news about her campaign and tomorrow she gets something else. By the time she verifies one story to find out if it is true or not, another one crops up. People are not sleeping; the anxiety levels are so high. I call upon our aspirants and fellow Senators who are mental health ambassadors to watch out for their mental health. You maybe shocked that your anxiety levels may extend to the point that you become mentally unwell by the time you win or not. We do not want that to happen. Politics is a season that comes and go. There is one politician on social media who keeps saying that you shoud put politics in your lungs and not in the heart so that you can easily breathe it out. It is give and take. I wish all of us Godspeed as you go for our nominations. I look forward to the House resuming to finalise on the business of this House before we adjourn. I support the Motion."
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