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    "id": 382421,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. I really like the comments made by Sen. Lesuuda before she left that if we are not agents for peace, we cannot have security. In Africa, we like pretending and avoiding speaking, as it is. If you remember, in January 2003, Kenya was rated the happiest nation on earth and the most stable nation on earth. I remember driving out of my residence in new Runda, passing in front of the Village Market and seeing wananchi actually arresting somebody because he had committed a traffic offence and taking them to Gigiri Police Station. I remember that year when there was a sense of responsibility on behalf of everybody to build the nation. Why was this? This was because we had had a more successful election; the second free and fair election after the 1963 election. People felt they had a place to feel like home. Even insecurity went down in this nation. Since 2003, we have been committing one mistake after another just like we did after Independence. We have been thinking that if we commit these mistakes of misgoverning the nation and not respecting the will of the people, then we think we will have all these things done. We think that security will be there and we will have people behave well. They will not because they must get examples from their leaders and also feel that they have a nation which produces legitimate authority. Madam Temporary Speaker, while I agree with Sen. G.G. Kariuki that we need to build infrastructure so as to create conditions for peace, one of the most important infrastructure is Government itself. It is a very important infrastructure to provide peace and security. If leaders themselves get into power without legitimacy as you have seen happening all over Africa, including here, then you do not expect to have security. People would say: Why do I obey the law if people in power have not obeyed that law? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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