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    "id": 572369,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, no flights will be allowed to take off or land at JKIA or Wilson Airport. These are losses to our country. If roads are closed from tomorrow to Sunday, you can count the losses that the country will incur. You may deny it, but that is the naked truth. Mikokoteni pushers on the roads will not be in business. I hope when President Obama leaves this country, he will leave behind a huge cheque to compensate Kenyans who will suffer losses in these three days. If president Obama is coming here to put a stamp on what the Government of Kenya is doing by sending our armed forces to Somalia to fight on behalf of Americans, then we have lost it. Our soldiers in Somalia are not there to defend the territories of this country, but to defend and serve the interests of the Americans. Americans went there but they were defeated, killed and they ran away. However, Kenya is keeping her soldiers there while people in Sen. Billow’s county are suffering. Those are the results of the actions of your Government; to serve Americans instead of Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, Kenya is a free country. We shed blood to liberate it. We can only deal with Americans with great respect. Even with his visit, Kenyans must be allowed to move on with their daily lives and generate their income. I respect this son of Kenya; however, he must come and make the lives of Kenyans better. If Kenyans try to imagine the gains that we have attained, it is on record that President Obama said that there will be consequences with the choices that Kenyans make in leadership. One Senator said here that one of the consequences could be whether he is going to greet the Deputy President. That was a casual statement and whether he greets the Deputy President or not, Kenya is not going to change. Things will remain the same. It is wrong for someone to come here and try to make that a big issue, because Kenya is an independent country and we deserve respect come what may. Whether we are poor, beggars or not, we beg those who can give us but we do not want to beg those who ask us to send our children to Somalia to be killed for us to be friends. I know for sure that if it was not for our soldiers in Somalia, President Obama would not be in this country. I hope President Obama will leave behind some compensation for Kenyans who have been killed in defence of American lives. 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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