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    "id": 461585,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/461585/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. From the start, as a country we are a bit confused. Sometimes we say that this is a premier nation and this is a very important continental player. However, the way we do things negates the very essence of what we have been trying to project. It is unimaginable and in my opinion criminal to deny the Republic of Kenya representation at the continental legislature simply because of our own parochial, regional and tribal politics. I may not agree with the list but a time comes when we must think of the nation before our own individual interest. I may not agree with this list today and I might have issues with proportionality but can we figure out how many Kenyans are not represented in that very important continental House simply because of the politics of the day here? This is the reality and I want to thank you, hon. Speaker simply because you said that we must make a decision here as Members today. I want to agree with you that it is very difficult to have consensus on any political issue however minute it is. I also want to agree with you that this is a process and it is not the end of everything. For the sake of the image of the Republic of Kenya, let us--- As a country and as Africans we have been saying--- I believe that the formation of the PAP is a precursor to the realization of the United States of Africa. How do we promote the image of the United States of Africa if as a Parliament we cannot agree on the membership of that very important continental House which is supposed to lead us to the United States of Africa? Hon. Speaker, Sir, I know there are issues. I do agree with what the Member of Parliament from Samburu West has said. If I was asked from the initial stage, I would have said that the list should have been done in a better way. However, because we are where we are simply because we did not consult or---"
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