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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.E. Mohamed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First and foremost, I want to congratulate Mr. Ethuro for his able leadership in this issue. It has also occurred within a period where something momentous has happened in the world. I want to join the previous contributors in congratulating the American people for showing the resilience of democracy and the faith that we can have in democracy. I think there is a great lesson in what happened in America last evening in which Mr. Obama was elected the President of the United States of America. The greatest lesson of that is what this Motion is trying to bring about. If you have strong institutions, you can have your bad moments but the country will always triumph. I think we should all support this Motion in order to strengthen the institutions in our country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if there is one lesson we can learn from Obama being elected as the first African to the presidency of the United States of America is that courtesy of having very strong institutions that would allow that. We want every hon. Member, irrespective of their tribes, to be elected anywhere in this country in the future. I want to be elected in Central and Nyanza provinces in a few years. That can only happen if we create institutions that are strong and 3294 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 5, 2008 robust. For that reason, I would like us all to support this Motion. Parliament is the mother of all institutions and it should, therefore, be independent. It should have its own calendar which will ensure more efficiency. Any institution that controls its calender can plan and deliver better. I also support all the other speakers who said that we need comprehensive constitutional review. We owe it to our country and the future generations of this country. There is a great lesson to learn from the election of Obama in America. Thank you."
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