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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me thank the Member for Mathare, Hon. Anthony Oluoch, for that General Statement. I must commend him because it was done in a rather professional manner; not in a manner to disparage our officers or an unpatriotic manner as the Leader of the Minority Party and the Whip of the Minority Party have endeavoured to show their unpatriotism in disparaging our officers - your sons and daughters in uniform. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we also cannot use this Floor to discuss a friendly nation like the United States of America unless we bring a substantive Motion. I believe the Statement by Hon. Anthony Oluoch had nothing to do with the United States. Therefore, it is wrong even to impute improper motives on the United States or, indeed, our officers who are being deployed in different parts of the world. We are part of the global world and the nations of this world. I have heard what Hon. Junet is asking. Of course, they share borders with other countries just like the Kenyan State does not share a border with the Democratic Republic of Congo yet our officers are there with the approval of this House. Therefore, we must act as part of that community if we are part of the community of nations. Today, it is Haiti. Who knows? Tomorrow it could be one of our neighbours or us if we allowed Hon. Junet and Hon. Opiyo Wandayi to continue with the reckless civil riots they were engaging in earlier this year. That is how countries degenerate to become what Haiti is today. Therefore, being part of the global community of nations, we must be patriotic enough to support our men and women in uniform. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if we are sending our sons and daughters to a faraway country to serve in the community of nations, the best we can do is to encourage them and not instil and sell fear to them and their families. That is the height of being unpatriotic and reckless as leaders."
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