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    "id": 1519591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have not heard the last from the administration of Gen. Buran, who is now running some form of administration from Port Said. These people have messed up their country. Our role as a neighbour should be to help these people come together and rebuild their country, not to take sides with one rebel group against the other rebel group. On account of the Congo River Alliance being formed in Nairobi, the fighting now in eastern DRC and the takeover of towns, South Africa and Tanzania have lost many soldiers. Let us ask ourselves as human beings, the President of South Africa, Tanzania and DRC Congo, when they went to cast their ballot, in that reality, where were they likely to cast their ballot? These are the questions that we should ask ourselves and stop being psychophantic or emotional about things that we can see as leaders are not going the right direction. I want to advise and I keep saying that I maybe the least qualified to advise the National Executive, this country belongs to all of us. Those who support the current administration and those who do not; we all belong to this country. The presidency of this country is not coming to an end with the end of the term of office of President William Ruto. Beyond him, there will be presidents. Before him, there were presidents. The thing that we must do is to ensure that, while he sits in office, we have a stable country; a country with a very robust and good foreign policy that protects the national interest but also takes care of the regional interest and the global interest. I like what Sen. Eddy said. Being at the continental scene is not just about the continent. It is about our engagement with the outside world. It is about a continental economic bloc. As a country, we must make sure that we play a rightful role in that conglomeration. We cannot be a country that is pushed to the periphery on matters of foreign policy while in pursuit of interests that could be very personal. Lastly, I want to reiterate that I heard Sen. Cherarkey make a very loose comment about the people that have stood with Raila Odinga, when he fought for the Constitution, democracy. I do not agree with Sen. Cherarkey a lot. On this one, I agree with him. I want to ask him to go and check his records and tell this country who those leaders he is talking about are; those leaders who never believed in the provisions of this Constitution that Raila Amolo Odinga pushed for; those leaders whose primary business was to demonize Raila Amolo Odinga and what he stood for then. Where I come from as a Christian, new converts have a lot of zeal. People who convert to the faith have a lot of zeal. They believe that maybe they have gotten saved today and tomorrow they are going to Heaven. Those of us who are old in that religion, our work is to just temper the zeal and tell them to cool it down. The world will come to an end. Jesus Christ will come back but it will happen in the fullness of his timing, not at our timing. The new converts in the political scene in Kenya, I want to temper their zeal. Let them move slowly. This is not a sprint. It is a marathon. I support."
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