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    "id": 1519884,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "CPA Hon. Mayaka and nominated Senators and Members of Parliament in this House are a result of this great Kenyan. People are saying that it is Africa that lost and I believe it because Kenya had a person who had the vision, the history, and knows where Africa needs to go in the future. I hope that in the future, there will be another stage in the continent or globally, that the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga will get to serve. I miss the days when Kenyans were patriotic - like the way we celebrate our athletes when they win in marathons. We do not care where they come from, and we do not care about the communities they come from. All we know is that we have a Kenyan carrying a Kenyan flag in a marathon in London and has won. A few years ago, we had one of our greatest teachers, a man from Njoro, Mr Tabichi, who won a global prize for being the best teacher globally. We all congratulated him because he was carrying the Kenyan flag in the global arena. I do not know what happened to some people when it came to the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. This is a very sad state of affairs in our country. We continue to experience toxicity in the country where the success of anyone else apart from oneself is demonised. We saw the Government of the United States of America (USA) cut the funding for USAID. It is fine, that is their policy. I saw a number of Kenyans celebrate because the guys who were working for USAID were rendered jobless. How does it benefit another person when someone else becomes jobless? Even the person celebrating will not get that job. I really wish we could get back to our previous levels of patriotism. If a Kenyan is competing in a global space or in a continental place, we should forget about our political differences, ethnicity and family issues and support that person. That is being Kenyan and that should be the Kenyan spirit. With those remarks, I support."
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