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    "speaker_name": "October, 22 2014 SENATE DEBATES 40 Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know that Sen. Mungai would be the last person to interrupt me; he is my good friend. If it was my friend seated next to me here, he definitely would. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I conclude. I would like to say; let us take advantage of what President Uhuru said in his Speech, that; “nurturing a young democracy in a treacherous world of despotism---” We all know that to create a democracy in that situation is not easy. It is very, very difficult. I have been involved in despotic regimes and I know what it means. Therefore, I think the President needs to be applauded because he says that nurturing a young democracy in a treacherous world of despotism, terrorism and extremism is never going to be an easy task. We have a lot in this country that we must do, particularly to nurture the democracy that we have now seen. Sometimes I feel very hurt when I see somebody talking against the current Constitution by wanting to change the Constitution. They do not know where we have come from. I wish they knew where we have just come from. We were all in the prison of one person when the country became the property of the President. So, this personal rule has really messed so many people in this world and we must pray very hard to God that we should never ever attempt to go back to that situation. We can talk of Governors “eating” money and being impeached. We can talk about the misconduct of Senators and MPs - we have all the right to do that - but we must know that we have a pillar that we all must defend and that is our Constitution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for having seen me and for giving me the priority to contribute to this Motion because my son can wait but I cannot wait. Thank you very much and God bless you."
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