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    "id": 572344,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I congratulate Sen. Orengo - and I am on record having said that he is one of my mentors - for bringing and thinking through such a very important Motion. Sen. Orengo has done a very good job because President Obama is a man I have respected even before he became a President. I read about him when he was a Senator. I was in Washington DC as a student at the American University when he was preparing to be President. I kept praying for him. In the discussion, whether it was in the Woodrow Wilson Institute, Cato Institute or Meridian Institute, I attended many discussions where the debate was that there was a new star in America. The discussion at that time was very lively because there was no focus about race. However, with my “Kenyaness,” I was worried that even though he was a very good presidential candidate, just like we do here in Africa and our country, maybe the fact that he comes from the black race, would deny him the chance to be the president. I was elated when I came back to Kenya and Sen. Obama then, now President Obama, had against all odds become the President of the United States of America. Madam Temporary Speaker, he is one man that you can learn very many things from, including the fact that you can believe in yourself and that your humble roots cannot deny you the dreams that you have for yourself, family or country. I am, therefore, excited as we debate in this House about his coming. I agree with Sen. G.G. Kariuki, even though I do not agree with the language he used, that we must focus on the big things and not the small things. I have heard the debate about whether or not President Obama will greet the Deputy President. Honestly, what is it about the greeting? Is it just because of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue? President Obama had already greeted President Uhuru in August last year before the ICC even came to an end. Therefore, those are issues which are not even supposed to be debated. Would President Obama come and sit with the Deputy President aside from the President? 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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