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    "id": 572428,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank everybody who has contributed to this Motion. The only thing I regret was the sideshows. I hoped that at the end, if this debate was held in the manner that it should, one could even have taken a transcript of the HANSARD and presented it to the Government of the USA or the authorities there to show what Senate said on the occasion of the visit by the President of the USA. The views of Sen. Murungi were very valid comments about American foreign policy on this part of the world. President Obama has been described as a transformational President. I am so happy that he is being considered among the great Presidents of the last century. There are only two names that come up whenever this question comes up for debate; that of Roosevelt who was the President for more three terms, and that of President Reagan. As a son of a man from Kenya, this is something to be proud about. Finally, at the end of the day, Kenya will remain to resolve its own problems. President Obama will not come here with the magic wand. It is left to us. Whatever we say about each other, we need not be overly sensitive. For example, when we were talking about the list of shame here, as politicians, let us not be sensitive. There is a great politician from Zimbabwe who used to tell me that when you are in politics, be prepared to be embarrassed. If you are not prepared to be embarrassed, get out of politics because people will continue to embarrass you. People like President Obama have gone through that process when some people said that he was not born in America which is not true. Therefore, as we are left to deal with Kenyan problems, my plea is that we, as Kenyans, must learn how to have a conversation together. I am sure if the leadership is talking together about common problems, for example, Sen. Billow has been raising about the security issues in north eastern. I would be happy one day to see the President meet with the leaders of the Opposition. This is a problem that we must resolve together. Nobody will come from Mars to resolve these issues. We should be mature in the way we practice our politics. The other day, in the USA, the Congress invited the Prime Minister of Israel against the wishes of the administration. It caused some waves, but at the end of the day, they said that America is a free nation. Let the Prime Minister come and say what he wants. He had a lot of criticism against the Obama Administration. At the end of the day, let us not be afraid to point out our mistakes to each other. Let us not be afraid to say 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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