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    "content": "enables us to debate on the things we agree with the President and those that we do not agree with him. That then forms policy positions for us to go forward. It is a very important parliamentary session for both Houses of Parliament. I hope that each and every one of us will behave tomorrow in a manner that presents the dignity of this House and of Parliament in a way that communicates that we are mature leaders. We have played ping pong for the last three years with the politics of “us versus them.” However, we need to go back to our senses as leaders and ask ourselves whether this is what we want our people to look at us as being. It is a matter of fact that not all of us will be elected next year, either by choice or some of us will decide not to run for any seat. Some of us will try, but will lose, not because they are incompetent, but because sometimes we cannot understand voters. Some of us will even lose by virtue of the political party that we will vie on. For instance, I do not expect Sen. M. Kajwang to vie in Homa Bay County on a Jubilee coalition ticket and succeed. That is a fact. He is my friend, but I would never even advise him to run on a Jubilee ticket because I know that the constituents of Homa Bay County would definitely want to elect someone who is in the CORD coalition. Therefore, there are certain practical decisions that if he attempted to vie on a Jubilee coalition ticket, he may not come back here. However, that does not mean that he is not qualified. We have seen his quality of debate and his intelligentsia. He is a man of moderate temperament who is capable of engaging with other people. However, should he take a moderation to try and prove a point with the voters, who may not like the direction that he takes, he may lose. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the point that I am trying to make is that let us change course and say that in this one year, we would like to project our image as leaders so that people know we have the capacity to sit and discuss things that are beneficial for our country. I know that the Senate Minority Leader is planning to launch his presidential ambitions this weekend and I support him on that. I may not be in his political party, but I wish him well. Our children dream of being Presidents of this country one day. I suppose that when Sen. Wetangula was a young boy, he used to dream that he would be the President of Kenya. I do not know the reality, but it is always good to attempt even if you will not succeed. It is good to aim at the stars and even land on the moon. I would like to ask Sen. M. Kajwang and Members of the ODM party to give the Senate Minority Leader space to do his political launching this weekend. He has invited all of us in this House. He wrote a letter to each and every one of us which I thought was a measure of civility. Therefore, if I will have time this weekend, I will be in Kakamega County. I hope that the Senator for Kakamega County will not use that opportunity to disrupt the function of the Senate Minority Leader by carrying out any other gymnastics related to pursuit of political office."
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