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    "content": "days visit has done what we would not have done as a nation in terms of budgetary allocation for branding Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the political issues that President Obama spoke about are not different from what the Opposition has spoken about in the past. With that, I support Sen. G.G Kariuki. President Obama talked about ethnicity. Between ethnicity and corruption it could be a chicken and egg situation. I want to put it that ethnicity is the biggest problem in this country because it is what gives rise to the incompetent leadership that lacks the intelligence or the ideological vision to take us to the next level. Perhaps, Kenya could be where it is because of tyranny of numbers and because of ethnicity. Ethnicity further gives rise to corruption which President Obama spoke about very clearly. Corruption gives rise to insecurity which gives rise to genocide. We, as a country, should not joke and think that it is business as usual. We are already seeing signs of ethnic mobilization and militarization. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we are not careful, this country can easily go down the route of South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia. There is the issue of doublespeak that the media has focused on. I want to encourage those who have been gloating all over that President Obama spoke down to the Opposition leaders, to familiarize themselves with some of the philosophies of people like Mahatma Gandhi. They will, probably, come across the story of the blind man and the elephant. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from that Chair, the Speaker has previously told us that it is only fools that do not change their minds. Probably, certain people have made statements based on the context that they are in--"
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