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    "speaker_name": "The Senator for Mandera County",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud Mohamed Maalim): Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the chance to contribute to this Motion on the Address of the President of the Republic of Kenya. From the outset, let me thank the people of Mandera County for electing me as their Senator. Previously in the last two Parliaments, I was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mandera West and now they have elevated me to the position of Senator. I thank them for putting their trust in me to represent them in this Senate. I also congratulate you for having been elected the Speaker of the Senate. I knew you for a long time. We were civil servants together; we come a long way as friends and I am now happy to be together with you here in this Senate where you are my Speaker. Congratulations! In the same vein, I also congratulate your Deputy for having been elected the Deputy Speaker of the Senate. I also congratulate all the Senators who have been elected; some for the second time and some for the first time, to represent their people in this Senate. I hope and pray that we shall work together and give meaning to the trust that the people of Kenya have put in us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, coming back to the speech of the President, the Kenyan people went out in their millions to elect their leaders on 8th August, 2017 and made a decision. I congratulate Kenyans for having been very peaceful during that election and having made their choice through the ballot and electing their leaders. I think what has happened, of course, this time the election of the President was challenged in the Supreme Court in line with our Constitution. We are all aware of what happened and the nullification of the election of the President and now we are going back to the polls again. While accepting the verdict itself, of course, as said by our leaders with reservations, we have no alternative but to accept and move forward. Now, we have the next election ahead of us on 26th October, 2017. I hope that Kenyans will come out again in their millions and elect their President. I would like to urge our leaders and politicians to respect the spirit of our Constitution and our laws.The only way that we can elect our leaders is through the ballot and not street demonstrations or any other means. As leaders, we must give our people leadership in the sense that we ask them to obey the laws and stick to the laid down constitutional provisions and the laws of this country. If we cannot respect the laws ourselves, the common mwananchi will be at a loss."
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