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    "id": 1279441,
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    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng'",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Mark Twain defines patriotism as supporting your country always and your government when it deserves it. As a people, it behoves us to ensure that this country is always viable and running well as a growing concern. I thank Hon. Raila Odinga and His Excellency President William Ruto for being adults in the house and accepting that we must talk to keep this country moving forward. Secondly, I thank Hon. Wandayi and Hon. Ichung'wah. If these talks were to be held outside the framework of this House, we would have lost this institution. The talks are part of building Parliament as an institution. I hope in the talks, Hon. Ichung'wah and Hon. Wandayi will ensure that we keep building our institutions, such as this Parliament, the IEBC, and the Judiciary. Building trust means accepting decisions made by bodies we have set up. It means accepting judicial decisions, accepting parliamentary decisions, and accepting IEBC decisions. It also means that we build institutions, not a country based on individuals. To the leadership of this Committee, their report should not be to the leadership that appointed them. They cannot only report to Hon. Raila and President Ruto but also to this Parliament. Even the two of them can mislead us sometimes. The report they are going to make should be to this House, not to two individuals. This country does not belong to the two of them alone. We request that as they work, they do not take orders from them alone but also from the public. It is Kenyans that appointed them. That is why the Motion stipulates that the Committee can take views and petitions from anywhere. Let us adopt the position that as a country, we are always in this together as a better philosophy than you are on your own or everyone for himself and God for us all. I challenge the Committee to ensure that they address issues like corruption, inequality, incompetence, and unemployment, which will make this country move forward. As I conclude, Koffi Annan said that some things that messed up the talks in 2008 were people squabbling over small things like seating arrangement, who would serve first at dinner and tea before they would talk. Let these not be issues that concern Hon. Ichung'wah. Let what is of concern in this leadership be the substance of what you negotiate. Thank you. I support."
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