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    "id": 493929,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues on noting the Address on His Excellency the President that he made on Monday 6th October, 2014 during the Special Sitting of Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before the President left for The Hague, there was a lot of anxiety in the country. There were so many people giving different scenarios on what could happen if he went to The Hague. There were many analysts on television and radio justifying their reason he should or should not attend his status conference at The Hague. However, when he addressed the Special Sitting of Parliament, many people were actually caught off guard. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday as I was coming from a meeting on Ngong Road, I was listening to the radio. I heard the Senate Minority Leader bashing the whole sitting and the whole Motion. However, there were some very reasonable Members, including the Deputy Minority Leader who actually attended the sitting. The President has the leeway to address the Parliament any time that he pleases so long as he follows the procedure as he did. The Address dispelled very many fears that Kenyans had. We heard many people urging the President not to go while others told him to go The Hague. However, he took a very firm stand. When he made the decision to go, he caught many unawares. The best thing for any leader is the ability to make a decision. Even if this decision was touching on Kenyans, at the end of it, it was touching on him as a person. It was touching on his responsibility on over the 40 million Kenyans of whom he is the President. He showed guidance. We saw him go to The Hague. He sat through the proceedings. We saw how the prosecutor tried to really prove a case that does not exist. 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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