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    "id": 1519932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in, first of all, congratulating the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga for stepping out and declaring his candidature for this position. Kenya may have gone without a candidate in this election had Baba not come out and said that he was offering himself. Secondly, I thank and congratulate Hon. William Ruto, the President, for embracing the candidature of Raila Amolo Odinga and using all available opportunities and resources to ensure that the campaign took off. The campaign for the chairmanship of the African Union is not a mean activity. It requires travelling and movement across the length and breadth of Africa. This is not a campaign that you can do from your resources, even if you are a dollar billionaire. Therefore, the President was very bold in coming out and embracing this candidate. I was thinking about the support the President gave Raila, and I was even thinking that maybe, if we had another President, God forbid, maybe this wamunyoro guy, I do not think Kenya would have presented a candidate. He would have said no, this is not a priority for Kenya. The fact that the President said this is important for Kenya, and came out of his way himself to campaign and to offer resources is something that we will never forget. I heard some people complaining that Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga was using a particular chopper to travel across the length and breadth of Africa while he was campaigning. I do not 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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