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    "id": 644911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to second the Motion on the Presidential Address to Parliament on Thursday 31st March, 2016. I also join you in welcoming staff from the various county assemblies. I wish them a fruitful stay in the Senate. They should take this opportunity to interact with our own staff and build their capacity with a view to improving the status of the county assemblies countrywide. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to begin by appreciating the contents of the Address. Of course, it is a national duty for the President to address Parliament as stipulated in the Constitution. The first paragraphs in the Address talk about the nationalist covenant. It is good to talk about a covenant that binds Kenyans and everyone subscribes to. However, Kenyans have never been as divided before as they are now, in my own observation. Our founding fathers tried to put this nation together in terms of communities and the situation was better many decades ago. However, this country is now more driven by tribalism than ever. I attribute this mainly to the political leadership. This country is made up of regions and the leadership must always work towards getting people together whether at the Executive level or any other institutional level in this country. If our country was held together by the leadership, the unfortunate incidents of the 2007/2008 post-election violence would not have happened. I urge the Jubilee Government to hold the country together, because it has fallen short of that. As we draw close to the general elections, the country normally drifts apart because of the different 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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