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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I also thank the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Orengo. I take this opportunity to welcome President Obama to this country. I am so happy that he is coming at a time when I am a Senator. That reminds me about the history of his life which I compare to mine. It reminds me that it does not matter who you are, where you were born, what you look like and what you have gone through; God has good plans for each and everyone. For those reasons, I am so happy that I will be meeting him on behalf of people with disabilities. Like my colleagues have said, as we welcome him, we should not make Kenyans suffer. We should live our life the way we have been doing. He should see the way we struggle with traffic jams in Nairobi. We should not hide our suffering. This is our country and what we are going through should not be hidden simply because a visitor is coming. If I had the powers, I could have ordered that all roads should be accessible to all people, so that we do not make people suffer or stay in their houses, simply because the President of the USA is coming to visit Kenya. I would like to finish by saying that Kenyans are suffering because of corruption and the leadership in this country. We cannot pretend that people are not suffering. The common Kenyan is suffering because of poor health services and economic hardship. We must talk about this. I have no apologies as a person or a Senator to say that there is corruption in this country and it is killing the economy."
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