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    "content": "I just came back from Italy where I interacted with the Senators and MPs, there they call them Deputies. If our President had not gone to The Hague, I knew for sure the first question they would have asked me is: Why did your President not go to The Hague? I was proud because they did not ask me that. They instead told me that they are coming to invest in Kenya. They also told me that next year they will organise an investment conference in Italy and they wished Kenya would be attending it. I am proud for what the President did for Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, A few of my colleagues on the other side have said that we should trash this speech because it has no meaning. If you read the entire speech, it is not about The Hague. It talks about the unity of Kenyans, forgiveness of what happened in 2007/2008. It also talks about the job our gallant soldiers are doing in Somalia and what our diplomats are doing across the globe. It talks about our sportsmen and sportswomen. It also talks of many other things we are doing in Kenya, as a country. It is not just about The Hague. He did something very good as a leader of this country. He did not leave leadership in a vacuum. I remember when he was addressing us, one of the opposition Member of Parliament was seated next to me. He asked me “what did the President say, did he hand over the Presidency to Hon. William Ruto?” I told him yes and he said wow! Not very many Kenyans could believe that he was handing over power to his deputy. This made us proud. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we would like other leaders in Kenya, who hold constitutional offices to be doing the same. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo spoke about. I think he read my mind because I was going to tell the governors that when they leave their counties, they should hand over power to their deputies. Likewise, I would like to tell the leadership of the opposition, the CORD that when he leaves for the United States of America (USA) or anywhere else, baba should leave the leadership of the opposition to Sen. Wetangula or hon. Kalonzo Musyoka. This is so that there is no vacuum in that leadership. 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. 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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