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    "id": 1218266,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I meant the County Assembly. Welcome to the Senate. Now, let me go back to my earlier thoughts now that the flow has been interrupted. I will try and see whether I can continue. The two counties had two very prominent Senators who sat here. One is the former Senator for Siaya County who was also the Senate Minority Leader, hon. James Orengo. He taught us quite a lot on how to respect one another. He is now the Governor of Siaya County. I always remember one thing that he said that: “Sometimes, the Government eats its own children. Revolution eats its own children.” If these students can follow that, they will probably make Kenya a much better place than we are making it. If you go with that, I am pretty sure you will be able to fight so that when you are the President or the Members of Parliament (MPs), you will make good decisions in a more bi-partisan way. For the visiting delegation from Makueni County Assembly, the Senate is a good place to be able to learn on how to deal with MPs and how to be able to accord them respect. Also, when you go back there, say hello to our good friend. We had a big fight in the last Parliament for the revenue share. He played a critical role on the amount of money that most counties are getting, given that his county was also losing. For the visiting delegation from the USA, I am very happy that you are here and you are students of foreign policy. When I was a student of Political Science, I was reminded that the American foreign policy goal is on three main things - security, prosperity and creation of a better world. I believe that when you traverse this continent of Africa, now that you are here in Kenya, you will be able to see the positions that we take. Sometimes it is a little bit unorthodox, but it is what we believe will make our country a much better place. I saw yesterday on Cable News Network (CNN) that the Government congratulated the leadership in Nigeria. However, the observers gave a different view. That will help in terms of your foreign policy understanding of what can be taken in and what cannot be taken in. I wish you all the best when you are visiting. I hope that you will not stop in the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. I hope that you will visit the Masai Mara Game Reserve so that you can spend some of your dollars there. I represent the people of Narok Country where we have the biggest and best game reserve."
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