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    "id": 158539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Ngilu",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 111,
        "legal_name": "Charity Kaluki Ngilu",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also stand to congratulate you for the decision you have made today. The whole country was really tense and waiting for the decision that you were going to make. When I listened to Mr. Mutava Musyimi last week, he said that he hoped that you were going to use your sword and you said that you were not going to use any sword like King Solomon did. For sure, you have not used your sword but you have ruled correctly so that the two Principals of this Grand Coalition Government can sit down and agree and provide leadership. What is happening in this country at the moment is that, as leaders, we do not want to consult each other or listen to each other. We want to speak to each other through the media, over the weekends during funerals, rallies and weddings. This has brought this country to its knees and I wish, for once, the President and the Prime Minister could remember where they have come from and the issues they always brought out and wanted to do. I remember that we, in the Government, told the retired President Moi that once we were in the Government, we wanted him to retire, to go and look after his goats, sheep and cattle and watch and see how good Government and governance is done in a country. Wherever Mzee Moi is sitting today, he is just saying: “Is this what these people meant?” I, therefore, want to say today that President Kibaki and the Prime Minister have come from far together. This mistrust between the two of them, that they cannot want to work together because one of them suspects the other one is going to outdo the other, is not going to work in this country. I know that somebody has said that we are not ready for an election. But in the event we find ourselves unable to work together, there will be need for us to conclude the issue of the IIEC, approve it and go for the General Elections because the country is just tired of what is happening. Corruption goes on in this country unchecked. Talking at each other goes on in this country but every time we speak as leaders, we are talking about the suffering of Kenyans. Who are these Kenyans that we are talking about if we talk about the suffering of Kenyans yet we are doing nothing about it? It is high time we took the mantle of leadership and ensured that we did what is right for this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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