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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Allow me to hail the words of President Obama that democracy is when there is somebody complaining all the time, even when you think things are right. As much as you have done your best using Standing Order No.1 to give us extra time, I have a feeling that there are Members who have been seated in the House since 2.30 p.m. or 3.00 p.m. to contribute to this Motion and some of them have walked out because Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we do not know which system you are using today to give Members an opportunity to speak. If you are using the criteria of marginalized regions, I have seen counties that have not spoken. If it is about gender, I have seen ladies who have not spoken. I do not know whether there is democracy today. There is something wrong there. However, allow me to use this opportunity, first and foremost, to condemn in the strongest terms possible, the Cable News Network (CNN) news channel because of what they aired in their station just a day before President Obama came here. They said that Kenya is a hotbed of terrorists. I know right now that those people must have been proven wrong because, for the first time Kenya, despite all those anomalies that, maybe, the rest of the world have been waiting for--- I know that, maybe, Al Shabaab was working beyond their normal time. But President Obama was able to arrive safely, stay and safely leave without any incident, even of a grenade being thrown anywhere near the borders of Kenya. By now, they must be aware that this is a hotbed of rich African culture, a lot of beauty and, of course, the other beautiful things that even our President talked about. In his address, President Obama urged Kenyans to shun tribalism. I liked the phrase he used to describe the world and the human race that lives in it. He said that we belong to one tribe and that is the tribe of humanity. This afternoon, when Members were speaking, everybody who The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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