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    "id": 180625,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": "Therefore, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said when the House was going on recess in April, it is important for us to harmonise our issues and see ourselves as belonging to one community of Kenyans. What has happened in the USA--- Not long ago, Obama was not appreciated by everybody. But today, he has united the spirit of Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, in the evening, I have been invited to seven parties by Kenyans living in this City, who want to celebrate in their individual ways; they are inviting friends to join them and prolong their celebrations. I know that this is going to happen in every township. I want to congratulate, again, Mr. Ethuro, whom I have cited in a number of meetings, including in two meetings in my constituency last week, as one of the bright hon. Members of November 5, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3283 Parliament, the alumni of Havard, where Mr. Obama went, who is courageous and able in his Questions and Motions. He is very creative and it is good to notice that. I say this because Mr. Ethuro is on a mission to bring unprecedent issues in the House that will enable us to think. Therefore, it is important that we control our calender. However, it is also important that as we control our calender and celebrate the victory of Mr. Obama, to also say in one voice that we do not go back to our cocoons, or ethnic groups. We should not even go back to our region-based political parties or petty platforms of alienation and demarcation. That is why we are also courageously saying that if anybody has committed a crime in this country, whether that person is an hon. Member, a party leader or whoever it is, they should carry their cross, because it is important for them to learn from the lessons emanating from Chicago in the USA. They should not go to their tribal group and say that they need to enjoy impunity and immunity from law. Take your responsibility and if you committed any crime in the name of political power or party, pay for it! With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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