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    "id": 69851,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
        "slug": "robinson-githae"
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    "content": "This Motion urges the parties to the CPA to make sure that the referendum is held on the 9th of January, 2011. I have no quarrel with that. In fact, it is important that this is held. My fear was us being drawn into partisan politics. We saw what happened when Members of Parliament attended campaign rallies for the Government of Southern Sudan, and they were drawn into partisan politics to the extent that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forced to issue a statement saying that, as of now, there is only one Government of Sudan. That was my fear. But since we have agreed that we will not enter into partisan politics, I support the Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that Southern Sudan holds a peaceful referendum. However, my request to the parties is that they must respect the outcome of the referendum. That has been the curse of Africa. We hold elections; one party disputes the elections and says that the election was stolen. From there on, things take a life of their own. Political disputes will always be there. It is the way they are resolved that matters. Even in America, they had a political dispute between Bush and Al Gore. They were there! However, no parties said that they did not accept the results. They submitted themselves to the Supreme Court. This is what I would urge leaders in Africa to emulate. This is where we are failing. We participate in elections, like now in Ivory Coast, but when the results come out – if they are not what you expected, then you dispute the elections – and you refuse to submit yourselves to the institutions that are supposed to resolve political disputes. To that extent, I support this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya has not benefitted from the CPA that we spent a lot of money and resources on. Why? This is because of the bad road connection between"
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