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    "id": 572781,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": ".: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was extremely impressed by President Barack Obama in terms of the way he articulated matters concerning Kenya when, ideally, he is supposed to be a foreigner. I was extremely disappointed when I read newspapers this morning that were concentrating on what CORD was told as opposed to highlighting the three persons that Obama mentioned; the young people of this country who have done us proud. For the first time, politicians were relegated to some back banner at the Kasarani Gymnasium as President Obama spoke to the youth. He told the youth to say no to corruption, discrimination and oppression and take back their country. He was not speaking to the leaders, but the youth who were cheering and saying: “We love you”. He said that he also loves them. This address was not to any political party. He spoke to Kenyans. He spoke about the discrimination of young people in former Nyanza, Central and Rift Valley provinces. Those were not CORD areas, but part of this country. When he spoke about corruption, he was not speaking to CORD or Jubilee, but to the country. When he said that we have an opportunity to change, he was speaking to the leadership of this country. We want to tell the President that this is an opportunity to start bringing the country together and start discussing these matters that affect us. We should start sitting together and find a way out of how we can deal with corruption which has become the bone marrow, gene or part and parcel of our lives. It is the 43rd tribe of this Republic. That can only happen if the leadership of this Republic will start recognizing that even the opposition belongs to this country. I must say that I was extremely disappointed that even in receiving this great leader of this Republic, we excluded the opposition. Does it make sense to try and score little mileage for no apparent reason and yet this was an opportunity for us to market this Republic? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know where the gentleman slept, but he was here for two nights. It was an opportunity for us to speak to the world and tell them that Nairobi is safe so that they can bring their investments here. What do you see in the newspaper headlines? It is about CORD and who was told what. We have forgotten that this was an opportunity to celebrate the young entrepreneurs of this Republic. We have forgotten what he told us that this is the time to leave our past behind and start forging the future. If I was given an opportunity, I would say that the speech he made should be framed and posted somewhere in the Senate so that we can always read it. 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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