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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "I hope you will compensate me those two minutes. So, Kenyans really appreciate what we have done. I also want to thank the hon. Members of the Committee that I chair - that is the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. I have been the Chairman of that Committee for the last five years and we have worked very hard. I believe we have tabled the highest number of reports in this august House. I also believe that we have vehemently contributed to the promotion, projection and protection of our image as an investment destination, diplomatic hub, infrastructural hub, and humanitarian hub. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, diplomacy is a very fragile thing. I appreciate and I do not think it is the work of hon. Ongeri and many others who have served as Ministers for Foreign Affairs. That is because diplomacy is so fragile that, at times, you wonder whether some of the events that are given headlines sensationally by some of our leading media institutions really add any value to our image. Sometimes, when foreigners read some of the sensational stories that appear in our media, they feel like Kenya is burning or it is coming to an end and yet, this is not true. I want to appeal to everybody that this great country requires our dedication. Countries that have failed have done so because individuals have collectively or individually refused to function or serve their country. I want to appeal to every Kenyan that it is not the sole responsibility of the"
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