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    "id": 572405,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to congratulate my dear friend, Sen. Orengo, for bringing this very important Motion to the House. Having said that, I enjoyed the distinct privilege of having known Senior Obama personally unlike Sen. G.G Kariuki. In fact, one time, I was his driver in this City of Nairobi. I have a lot of memories about the father. He was as erudite as the son. I remember he wrote a very important article in The East African Journal criticizing Sessional Paper No.10 and its application to planning in Kenya. In fact, that essay in The East African Journal is what got him in trouble with his employers if you do not know. It still stands out as a very important critic and analysis of the political economy of this country. If you read his son’s ‘The Audacity of Hope’, some of the issues handled in that essay remerged in his son’s book, Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope you will give me more time because I have a lot to say. I have also known President Obama personally. The first time I met him was in Chicago, my alma mater. Having a common friend who I was with in graduate school and graduated with - We had tea together in 1996, after he had lost an attempt to get into Illinois Congress. He was a very humble young man and we talked about a lot of things. Subsequently, I met him in Nairobi when he came as a Senator. What strikes me about President Obama is his singular ability to look into the future, not just of his own career but the future of mankind and the people of America. There are so many things that he thought of before he came into the political limelight which has helped him shape the destiny of that nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, lastly, when the leaders are going to meet President Obama, there is one thing I think they should talk about and that is the Africa Power Institute, the initiative that President Obama has had to enhance energy production and use in Africa. The USA has dedicated $20 billion for this effort, for the production, the transmission and the consumption of energy in Africa emphasizing on green energy and getting away from energies like coal and so on. 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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