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    "id": 1519862,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate ‘Baba,’ Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, for the good work he did at the African Union. I have just finished reading a book called Ikigai, which talks about the Japanese secret to long life. One of the things they talk about that contributes to a long life is, never retire. I will never retire. The book states that you never retire when you have discovered your ikigai, which is your purpose for living. Very few people in life discover their purpose in life. One of them is Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. His purpose in life is a service to humanity. It does not matter how much people want to pour dirt on him. Younger generations who do not know what he has done over the years can never take away his ikigai . I want to encourage those who are busy talking a lot of nonsense about him to find their purposes in life, live it fully and never retire. When you find your purpose in life, you will always be happy regardless of circumstances. So, when you win or lose, it will not matter. There are many of us at the ages of 20, 30, 40 and 50 years who are not brave enough to go for such a position. Can you imagine that a person of 80 years dared to go for such a position? Whether he won it or not, it does not matter. It is inspirational enough that he went out there at that age. I also want to congratulate and thank His Excellency President William Ruto for the work he has done for Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga in this regard. I went there feeling very cautiously optimistic not because I had less faith in the capabilities of the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, but having worked in the Pan-African region with the Pan-African Parliament and other fora, I understand very well the geopolitics, including issues of regions and language blocs, amongst other issues. They sometimes come into play, including the prevailing circumstances in the region. There were other issues including the fact that the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga was a towering figure that some people may have found a bit intimidating. One writer said that his strength may have been his weakness because some people cannot deal with strong characters. It is also an opportunity for the AUC to introspect."
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