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    "id": 492659,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "our business of politics. Once somebody has lost round one, we should celebrate. That is why one is given five years. More than 70 per cent of the hon. Members in this House are new. There are those who have been defeated. If those people were to fuel animosity, there would be no peace in the constituencies. I also went to The Hague as a Kenya because even if you look into the pockets of those who do not support the President, you will see the money in them bears the portrait of the President’s father. Why can they not discard the money? We cannot have double standards. We must be realistic and give a chance to those who have been given a chance to lead for the time being so that, we can be able to assess them. We, as Members of Parliament, also need to be assessed after five years. The issue of IDPs needs to be sorted out. I know that we could not have sorted it at the same time. Now that the matter of the ICC is going down, it is for the leadership of this country to make sure that the remaining IDPs are settled. The other thing that I see is the disputes that we encounter as human beings. They have no boundaries. It does not matter whether you are the President, Member of Parliament or just an ordinary person. If you had an issue in your constituency, and I have known you for some time, are you telling me that even if your daughter is wedding, I should not attend? I do not see why we should have animosity to the extent of telling somebody to bear his responsibility. We need to look at the reality and appreciate that even those who are saying that they have held functions in their places, and we have attended as national leaders when we are in this House--- I talk about the problems at the Port of Mombasa. We talk about the problems at the airport in Kisumu. We discuss issues of the road from Mombasa to Malaba, as national leaders. That is the spirit we should go by. By the way, there is very good news for the country. Even the rating of our currency was suffering but a new IPSOS Synovate poll released today shows a soaring public confidence in President Kenyatta – with a current rating of 71 per cent against a previous rating of 43 per cent. That is after his appearance at the ICC. That is not for Uhuru Kenyatta. It is for our country’s economy. If the leadership of a country is doing badly, it is the economy that will equally do badly. You can imagine what would have happened if that matter had continued to be hyped in the manner it was being hyped. The international community was saying that they were going to cut links with Kenya, a move which would interfere with the co-operation that we have with donors in the implementation of projects. There is a lot we need from outside in order to build our country. Therefore, the President’s action was a good show. Let all leaders - elected or not - preach peace and unity, so that we can develop our solid country come 2030, when we expect to become a middle-income country. Thank you."
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