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    "content": "It is sad that when he leaves, there is a leadership vacuum until he comes back and then they start asking: “ oh, Baba, what did you bring from us from the USA?” He could also hand over leadership of the CORD to my good friend, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. so that we can see how he can practice to become the leader of CORD. Our President has stressed about the unity of Kenyans. Therefore, we, in the Legislature and as the elected leaders of this nation, must stand as one people. We, as leaders of Kenya, must stand to show the young people that we are united because we are sovereign. We are brothers and sisters and we are fathers and mothers. We must nurture this young democracy so that the young leaders who are watching us out there know that they have got leaders in the present 21st Century. They have got leaders in the Senate and in the National Assembly. They have leaders in this nation who care about them, their education, health problems, shelter and everything else for them to live decent life. I want to emphasize that we, as leaders, must stand and show Kenyans that we are one people. Yesterday, the Senate Minority Leader spoke very well. I do not know why others are jittery about him. It is his democratic right as an opposition leader to oppose. However, he should have come here with an alternative, not just to trash everything in the speech. Some of us are proud that our soldiers are fighting for us across the border. Those are the people who we, as Kenyans, must praise day and night. We want to also praise the President as the Commander-in-Chief so that those young boys’ families and parents know that they are taken care of well when they are outside the country. We have had very many peace missions by our soldiers in Eritrea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. We must be proud our young soldiers. We, as Kenyans, must be proud. We must be proud of our sportsmen who have gone all over the world. When you hear the National Anthem being sang in those countries, that is when you know that you are a Kenyan. We must also be proud of our diplomats who are representing our country. Now our diplomacy is geared towards economic achievements. Let us see to it that our diplomats can contribute immensely so that we get investors to come to this country. We need to create a good environment for investors to come to this country so that our young people will get employment and the good things which we say are the fruits of Uhuru. We, as Kenyans, let us see to it that the ICC will not derail us from becoming a united nation, a united people and a progressive country. Since we blindly signed that treaty, let us not allow it to derail us so that Kenya and other African states will not come together as one continent. We have received a lot of support from our friends across the borders. We must, therefore, maintain that. When our President went there as a private citizen, he made the African continent proud. Let us not allow the ICC humiliate us, as Kenyans, and our President. Let us stand by him, our Deputy President and Mr. Sang. Let us also stand by the victims who suffered. 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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