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    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I reply, I want to congratulate every Member who has contributed positively to this debate. I also want to confirm that Members showed a lot of passion during the debate. A lot of truth has been said by the over 30 Members who have contributed to this Motion. I am sure if we gave more time to Members today or even tomorrow, many more will contribute by eagerly debating this Motion because it is a matter that is close to each one of us as the leaders of today in our country. We also know very well that God gave us this good opportunity. We are now placed at a very high and respectable position in Africa just because of what our leader, President, Dr William Samoei Ruto did. He was passionate and bold. I want to congratulate him for being bold enough, for bringing the entire nation together and for going beyond people's expectations. He embraced unity by holding hands of the former Prime Minister to work with him. He is a visionary leader. If he were not visionary, he would not have done that. He has a big heart. He went beyond the elections and his supporters in bringing Kenya together. That is the reason we are enjoying the spirit of the broad-based Government today. It is a spirit of working together as a nation. It is my prayer that our President will continue with that spirit. I am sure that after his 10 years tenure, we will all celebrate the development that we will have realised during his time. The Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, needs to be congratulated. He did very well. If they were to look at his age and experience, he would have been the right person for that position. That came out clearly in the debate of the Members who have contributed. I am sure that many Members who are not with us today would say the same thing about the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga and congratulate him. During the campaign season, the President confirmed to us that the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga was strong enough. He moved from one place to another and from one country to another country to bring its leaders together and talk to them. That made us proud of our country. As a country, we felt that we have moved to another level. I am sure if the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga had been elected, Africa would have enjoyed. Unfortunately, that did not happen. However, that does not mean that we cannot use him in other ways. I am sure he is capable of taking any other position that we would be ready to release him to. That is why we stand together today, showing much patriotism, celebrating his life and everything. I congratulate and wish him well as we look forward to what else he can do. I also congratulate the new Chairman. He has the much responsibility of uniting the entire Africa and seeing how we can reduce the challenges affecting us—the high level of 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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