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    "content": "being met as an institution. I do not have any record whether the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament will be meeting President Obama. I think we must sit down and agree that time has come when Parliament must also assert its role vis-à-vis the various arms of Government. This is a message that is being brought to us. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, secondly, you have seen how President Obama is trying to bring women into his Government. He has appointed about two women to USA’s Supreme Court. In fact, all the appointments that he has made to the Supreme Court have been women from minority groups. Also, in his appointments, he cuts across the entire USA. However, in this country, a habit has been formed by the Jubilee Government of rewarding only the areas that voted for them. On that basis, we are not trying to build one Kenya. One day we should wake up and find that the Governor of Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is from Kakamega County. Why should he not come from Kakamega County? Are there also some positions in Government which are reserved for certain communities? Even in USA, they found it very difficult to live with the fact that a black man had been appointed as an Attorney- General (AG). We need to do more to bring this country together in order to build one Kenya after elections. We need to make sure that no part of this country feels like they are not part of Kenya. Communities in north eastern Kenya do not feel like they belong to Kenya at all. Schools are closed since there are no teachers because security is absent. However, if there is insecurity in particular areas in the country – which I do not need to talk about –you will find that there is a rapid response particularly when it involves certain individuals. The whole of the coast and north eastern are being told that they have to work harder to be recognised as part of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope that this is a big lesson that President Obama is bringing to our country. Our President should see Sen. Wetangula as a possible president of this country. In times of crisis, the President should be able to sit with Mr. Raila Odinga and Mr. Kalonzo Musyoka and determine the future of this country. Whenever there have been problems in some regions in USA, you have seen President Obama sending former presidents Clinton, Bush and others as his representatives. In this country, the only time our Opposition leaders meet with Government is when there is a funeral or harambee. Of course, in a harambee my leader of the Opposition here who has very little money will feel very constrained to go there, but sometimes he must go. In conclusion, the fact that President Obama is here is a great opportunity and a big statement for this country. We should also make a big statement to show that Kenya has come of age. The behaviour of politicians shows that Kenya is not coming of age. However, the people of Kenya have come of age because when you take away politicians, you do not know if they think of them as one. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was given a pleasant surprise by my daughter. She came to me and said that she had found somebody from Ukambani and it was the most natural thing for her. However, people who live in the yesteryears would rather build boundaries between us. There should be no boundaries between communities in Kenya. 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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