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    "id": 685639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/685639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Article 1 of the Constitution equates representation to our sovereignty. We must be prepared to bite the bullet and rise in order to protect the rights of our youth. Without this, I am afraid to say that we do not have a country. This country must be protected. I am saddened to say that Kenya today is isolated regionally. Once upon a time, Kenya was the leading economic, security and infrastructural hub. Today you only need to compare the economic activities at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa with similar activities at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to appreciate what is going on. Today, the East African Community is about to collapse simply because of our corruption and bad behaviour. You saw what the big man of Zimbabwe said about Kenya. Look at the economic activities. The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a critical project that was tailor-made for the entire East African region, has been reduced to a Kenyan project. That is not what we need. The oil pipeline from Mombasa to Kisumu was supposed to be a flagship Vision 2030 project. It has been reduced to a Kenyan phenomenon. In 2000, through the efforts of former President Moi, Southern Sudan was our baby. One of the fundamental commitments that we made in 2000 was to tarmac the road from Lokichogio to Juba. Twenty years down the line, the Ugandans have done theirs from Kampala to Juba. We have not done ours. Today, Southern Sudan, which was supposed to be our baby, slowly became the baby of our neighbour, Uganda, which benefitted them economically."
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