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    "id": 492451,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/492451/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "To my mind, what the President is saying is that the Rome Statute is relevant now as it was relevant when Kenya signed up. So, I want to urge my colleagues who are of the view that we should pull out of the Rome Statute to share the President’s view on why we should remain in the Rome Statute. Another feature that captures the President’s Speech is found in Paragraphs 45, 46, 47 and 48. Clearly the President brought Kenyans first and took a second seat. He recognises the sovereignty of this country. He even went ahead and tried to more or less tell the people who are completely against this appearance that they should not be worried about this appearance. This is what his guiding principle is and I like it very much. This distinguishes His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta from other Presidents that we have had. In Paragraph 45, he says:- “I am deeply optimistic about the future of Kenya. We will succeed by putting the nation’s interests first and foremost. This has, and will continue to be my guiding principle. It is for this reason that I choose not to put the sovereignty of more than forty million Kenyans on trial, since the democratic will should never be subject to another jurisdiction”."
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