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    "id": 228459,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228459/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kituyi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 293,
        "legal_name": "Mukhisa Kituyi",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I was saying nice things about NARC(K) and bad things about ODM, I would be having ear-perfect audience, because they are traditional issues, they are easier to comprehend and you do not have to think. It is like floating downstream. But we have a responsibility to do a bit more than floating downstream. Even corpses can do that! We have a responsibility to think outside the box some of the time, not just as a cliche, but what responsibilities does the National Assembly have; to raise public awareness, that there is more to this country than settling political scores? What responsibilities do we have in defining that as we look to the next stage of this Millennium, Kenyans are aspiring to higher goals than being better than Zimbabwe and Somalia. We, as a people, have some things that we can aspire to do, not as parties in the Government or in the Opposition; not as individuals with egos bigger than our heads, but as a leadership collected in their determination to take the country to the next level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my very final remark is that I want to urge my colleagues; I come next door to Mt. Elgon. I have a constituency which is hosting people who have been displaced from Mt. Elgon. So, approach that matter with caution and not trying to settle political scores. The victims are Ndorobos who have no voice in Parliament or in the Media. Let us think of them before we try to score points politically. With those few remarks, I beg to support. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. 298 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 3, 2007"
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