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    "id": 1519555,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1519555/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "In the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto, one of our key components was aviation turnaround in terms of increasing cargo to ensure more revenue to Kenya Airways. We have had a discussion about Kenya Airways. Even as we ensure there are open skies in Africa, we must make it vibrant so that there is ease of movement of people and services. I can see the senior counsel nodding in agreement that Kenya Airways must be reformed. On the issue of military cooperation, I agree that we need to work better. I am happy that President William Ruto requested the AU to include Haiti as a member. We are proud for that as Kenya because we have led the mission to Haiti, despite opposition from within and outside the country. As Kenya, we have a lot to showcase to the world in terms of issues that we face. We also need to have military cooperation. I know that the AU is called upon to look into this. We have a crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I am told the M23 rebels are making progress in Bukavu and also towards Burundi. We also have the Sudan crisis where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had a meeting here in Kenya. I have seen the statement from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan. We must pursue peace the way we did for South Sudan. We need a peaceful Africa to ensure we have trade. The only person who could bring his experience, knows the dynamics, and is a true son of Pan-Africanism was Raila Odinga. I still insist that the AU lost the best. Despite the fact that Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti won, winning in an election does not mean you are competent. It means you have just won. It does not mean you are bringing the best on the table. Raila Odinga has many years of experience fighting for rule of law and democracy, human rights, devolution and the new Constitution. His Curriculum Vitae (CV) is well decorated because he wanted to transform this country. He is one of the few leaders who are not tribal. If you look at elections where he has contested, he has gotten votes from across the country. This is the third point that I wanted to make. We need to fully implement the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Report. Raila Odinga has a well-decorated track record of fighting for democracy and the rule of law. When Raila Odinga was fighting in the previous regimes, some people who were in the opposition, who are now correcting messes, were in that government. They were abusing human rights. Now they want to lecture us about how a country should be run. When Raila Odinga was fighting for this Constitution, the rule of law, and democracy, some people who were correcting are fighting him now. That was the KANU system. Therefore, we can use Raila Odinga because he has huge experience and he is a statesman. We must have full implementation of NADCO Report and make Raila Odinga the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya."
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