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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "I must also congratulate the President of this nation, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, for the great approach and the welcome he gave to the US President. Many of us thought that having not hosted such a great person before, maybe, things would not work according to plan. However, as Kenyans, we are very happy with the manner in which he handled the matters that were before him. Even on questions which were a thorn in the flesh, the President of this country handled them in a manner that made us proud. I must also congratulate the US President for having made the decision to visit this country at a time when we are at a crossroads, especially on matters of insecurity and corruption. The great man never lectured us on how to deal with corruption or whether we are corrupt or not. He just told us that Kenya is supposed to be in a position that other countries are in, except for the way in which we have institutionalized corruption and the fact that we have made it a tradition that all of us must pass through. We learnt from him that there is another approach we can use to cleanse this country of corruption. I must also congratulate the way he gave his speech. The great man told us how great leaders rose to be big men by fighting corruption and dictatorship. As one of the leaders of this country, I was happy that I share so many ideologies with this great son of the soil. He also taught us matters of security. We can learn from the way the Americans almost took over the security operations of this country. We can learn that it is through patriotism and good leadership that we can secure our borders. Even from the planes and the ‘Beast’ that he was using and his security team, we can learn how best to tackle the challenge of insecurity without necessarily putting in place laws or doing a lot of legislation in this House. We need to learn a lot from the visit by the US President. I also felt moved when he dealt with gender matters. We have our traditions, norms and backgrounds as communities. In most cases, we consider women as wives. Many communities look at women in terms of how many cows they will fetch from the person to marry them. The US President taught us the importance of educating our women, giving them opportunities like men and educating our girls. This is an issue we have also been trying to tackle in our communities. I have also been trying to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriages by giving women equal opportunities so that they can also compete with men favourably. With those few remarks, I wish to welcome the US President back to this country before he retires. Even after retirement, he can come back to this country and help us build this nation because he is still a Kenyan despite being the US President. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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