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    "id": 1519935,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for allowing me to have this moment. First and foremost, thank you very much, your Excellency, for endorsing Hon. Raila for this particular job. He did not endorse him as a person, but for Kenya. As mentioned elsewhere, Kenya is the one that stood for the election. He was the right candidate for us. We, as a country, did very well. We won the first round. I do not know why they had to go to the second, third, fourth, to seventh rounds. In the first round, Hon. Raila had 22 votes against 19. In the second round, again, he had more than that. I do not know what happened. As somebody mentioned, I do not want to say that, maybe, votes were stolen or anything else, or there was corruption, but I can tell you that Hon. Raila Odinga won this. His Excellency did well by endorsing Hon. Raila Odinga because he endorsed Kenya. Secondly, had Hon. Raila Odinga not conceded after he lost, they would have suspended this election. Many people are saying that it would have been very expensive for the country because we spent so much money to send people there, of course on tax payers’ money, while some were self-sponsored. If Hon. Raila had not accepted the defeat, the whole process would have been suspended, and we would have spent even more. He truly represented our country, and I accept that he was the right candidate. I have worked with Hon. Raila Odinga, and I know he is a statesman. We are looking forward to him joining the Government and working with President Ruto so that we can move forward. I support."
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