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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity. I appreciate and thank the Government of Kenya for endorsing and supporting Hon. Raila’s quest for the chairmanship of the AUC. May I also congratulate and thank Hon. Raila for his courage, commitment and selflessness to pursue the chairperson of the African Union Commission Chairperson (AUC) position. This was not for his own benefit, not even for the benefit of Kenya, but for the benefit of the whole of Africa. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the local political discussions that we are seeing after this election completely miss the point. The bigger objective was the future of Africa. We know and we all agree that Africa is the richest continent in terms of resources and potential, yet it is the poorest continent in terms of utilisation of resources. Therefore, in this election, in my view, as we congratulate the winner, it is only Hon. Raila who had the political clout to get the African Heads of State for once, hopefully, if we leave the 1957 when we were all clamouring for a united Africa, to speak with one voice and put Africa’s agenda on international discourse. This is particularly necessary because of the leadership in America today. African leaders need to talk together in one language. This is what is going to protect us, and in my view, this is what I know and everybody perhaps knew Raila Amolo Odinga was capable of doing. Africa has a youthful population. What happens to it? We are afraid of the youth. Many are dying crossing the Mediterranean Sea because they say they would rather die while trying to go abroad than live in Africa. We have the largest potential in minerals. We have the largest potential in hydropower, and we have the largest potential even in gas. Despite all that, we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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