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    "id": 69889,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kigen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Luka Kipkorir Kigen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for noticing and giving me a chance to contribute to this important Motion. I want to start by thanking the Mover of this Motion, hon. Ethuro. This is a very important Motion because it touches on our neighbours. We are concerned about the welfare of our neighbours. When anything goes wrong with them, we are not also secure. Looking at how the Southern Sudan people have lived for a long time here in Kenya during their trying moments and how they have come together as a result of the agreement which was signed five years ago, we feel that we have not finished business with them. We will be doing a lot of service to ourselves and to our neighbours by playing that additional role of advising them at this time of need to conduct that very important exercise in unity, agreement and, more specifically, to accept the results of the referendum. A stable Sudan in general contributes immensely to the economic growth of our country. For that reason, I think it is so important that we, as a neighbour, demonstrate our support at this time when they make this very important decision. If we sit back and just say that we will be interfering with the affairs of Sudan, surely, when they were in trouble--- Look at our neighbour, Somalia, when they were in trouble, they ran to us. We have an obligation to ensure that they are also enjoying peace. The amount of time that Kenya committed to the peace process should not be allowed to go to waste. We should encourage them. It will go a long way to even give them a better Sudan. I want to thank, again, the AMANI Forum for going to Southern Sudan individually to stand with their brothers. That is what they have said here. This is something that should not just end up with Southern Sudan as such. It should be extended to other countries. I think somebody has said that we are operating in a global village and for that reason, we cannot say for sure that we cannot get involved in the affairs of other people, even at a personal level. So, this is a very important Motion. It is specific and it is talking about encouraging. It is not saying anything more than that. It is encouraging them to conduct that very important exercise in a peaceful atmosphere and to ensure that they respect the outcome. We, as Kenyans, have passed through that kind of exercise and I think we are better placed to talk to a brother who is attempting to do that. When somebody is about to"
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