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    "id": 68491,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruteere",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 92,
        "legal_name": "Silas Muriuki Ruteere",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we attained Independence in 1963 after fighting for it. That is what I said. I stated that we fought for it. That is why people were in the forest fighting. Having attained our Independence, we got our own Government. We have our own President, Prime Minister, Ministers, a Cabinet and elected Members. When institutions of Government are not respected by any diplomat posted to this country, then, he is not working for the good of our State. We saw recently, and this morning was a very good example, what His Excellency the Ambassador is doing to Kenyans. He is directing Ministers and writing letters to them. He is telling Kenyans to consume food which is not consumable in America. We know that he has written very derogatory letters to his country through the cables - the Wikileaks. The cables came out and are still being published. I want to give an example of how they view us and how His Excellency Michael Ranneberger has portrayed us to his Government. He has disregarded our leaders. I have a copy of a section of Wikileaks that I want to lay on the Table. I also want to quote them. There is one section that I want to quote. One of Michael Ranneberger’s cable written in January talks about his efforts to reform the political system in the country. He says that while some positive reforms have been taken, the old guard associated with the culture of impunity continues to resist fundamental changes. He wrote that the culture has existed since Independence, adding"
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