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"content": "the lesson we can carry home as Kenyans; that going forward we are going to have leaders who are able to be simple, but transfer positive energy to the people they lead, as opposed to haranguing them with all manner of grandiose and pontification. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also heard the Mover and Seconder of the Motion mentioning about some of the great things that President Obama has done, and I agree with them. For example, the health sector reform also known as the “Obama care” is a great thing. I want to add very quickly that, in fact, it is in that same connection on the centrality of an area like health sector programme that currently the Jubilee Government is trying to transform most of our hospitals, including two hospitals in Bungoma, Siaya, Tharaka-Nithi, Kiambu and Machakos that will get modern equipment. The Senators may want to note that two weeks ago, the current health programme of transforming county hospitals was actually run as documentary on CNN as one of the most robust and outstanding healthcare programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa. So, we need to celebrate some of the gains that our country is making. They may not be great gains, but we need to be people who are able to see hope in our country. Turning to immigration, President Obama has achieved a lot in terms of helping people who may not come from areas which have traditionally had access to the United States, including Africans. I think even in our country, we need to relook at this. Currently, we have a major issue with regard to Kenyans in South Africa and so on. Once we correct some of these things, we can make our country great. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, of course, the President of the United States of America is coming at a time when our country is facing serious insecurity problems. I have heard what our brothers in the Opposition are saying, but it is also good to appreciate that what we are facing is a problem that is being faced in Ukraine and Tunisia. Even some of the places that looked fairly secure are no longer secure today, including France where two or three months ago some violent extremists actually stormed into a media house in the centre of town and massacred people. So, as much as we say that we have serious security issues in our country, we must contextualize it as an international problem and also realize that the Government is doing the best it can to actually sort out this issue. That is the more reason increasing partnership between the United States and other friendly nations with Kenya can go a long way to make sure that our security is back on track as an international problem rather than solely a Kenyan problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, President Obama has inspired hundreds of millions of people around the world because of his focus, forthrightness, humility and intellect. Going forward, I see hope in our country. I see a Kenya in the not so distant future, where topics like corruption will not dominate the headlines, as we have in our dailies today. I see a country, in a not so distant future, where the issue of tribe, ethnicity and where somebody has been born, will not be an issue you bring into the national platform. I see a country in the not so distant future, where Kenyans will sit down as brothers and sisters and discuss about how to take the country forward, as opposed to “who has benefited from where I come and who has not benefitted.” Going forward, I want to be on the side of Kenyans that see hope in our country, as opposed to the side of Kenyans that see doom and darkness ahead. I see hope, change and signs are there. 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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