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    "id": 492594,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Address before this House during the Joint Sitting on 6th October, 2014. From the outset, I would like to say, first, that I support the President in totality for the position he took. I would like to say that that is a lesson of leadership that should be emulated by all of us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to differ with the previous speaker that by handing over power temporarily to the Deputy President, it was politics. Yes, it would have been politics, but I want to say that the President’s intention was to tell and make Kenyans believe and know that he is not going to be tried at The Hague as the President of Kenya. His message to Kenyans was clear; he had left the sovereignty of the State behind. That is one of the attributes that is necessary and required for any leader worth his salt. The President was not doing it to appease any section of the Jubilee Coalition because, in my opinion and understanding - as a senior member of the Jubilee Coalition - the Jubilee Coalition is intact. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so much has been said about Nelson Mandela, the great statesman handing over power to Buthelezi. I would like to say that it is true he temporarily handed over power to Buthelezi, but Buthelezi was not a member of the Opposition. He was a member of the ruling coalition. Therefore, there is no way the President could have handed over to anybody else in the country, apart from the designated leader who is the Deputy President. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to say that there are some things that one can die for. One of the things that the President demonstrated to the nation is that he is ready to die for democracy and the freedom of this country and its sovereignty. I would like to call upon other leaders to emulate that position and actually partner with others in the administration of this nation. When I talk about that, I have in mind the county governments, for example. We have a lot of problems in the county governments. I would like to say that if governors adopted the selfless approach demonstrated by the President, there could be no problem in the counties. They would be moving all the way to success. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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