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    "content": "does not have leaders who are God fearing has no future. I believe that most achievements are as a result of having a leader who is God fearing. Our President in his Speech showed mindfulness. He acknowledged the long suffering of the electorate who stood in long queues for many hours to vote for us. He was grateful and mindful of them. His Speech shows a lot of humility and great leadership. I thank the President for being gender sensitive. For ladies, you are very lucky you have a President who is gender sensitive and appreciative of the growth of women in world politics. I want to tell the ladies who have been nominated that the ones who have been elected came in as result of performance. If you perform your duties well in various places, people will elect you. Kenyans are intelligent these days. I want to quote what Peter Track said in his book 2005: “What will determine success of leadership in the 21st Century is performance.” So, our performance will greatly determine our coming back to this House. I encourage all of us to perform. Our duty as Senators is simple; to represent people and to legislate which is a challenge to our friends in the minority coalition who do not come to the House and when they do, they appear technically. That shows they are not devoted and committed to their electorate. Our President is patriotic. In his Speech, he advised all of us to attend to our major duties so that we represent the people who elected us. If it were another person, they could have taken advantage of not officially opening Parliament so that we campaign for them. I remember during our meeting in State House, he told us to continue serving the people who elected us, and that it is only when he goes to our county for campaigns that we can join him. That is unlike our friends in the minority coalition who want to be accompanied by people who are supposed to be with us here working for our electorate. So, our President loves this country. The President appreciated the history of our Constitution. He appreciated the Tenth Parliament for having given birth to the current Constitution without forgetting the Eleventh Parliament for implementing it. He gave us a challenge on that count which is a great challenge to the Twelfth Parliament that all of us should continue perfecting the institution of Parliament. He was optimistic to make sure that our country is not left in limbo. In his Speech he assured all Kenyans that there is no lacuna in the country and every institution will run normally. That is a plus for the President. I congratulate him for that. He is a team builder; he called upon all of us including those in the minority coalition to be united when it comes to matters affecting our people. He advised us not to be divided by political aspirations and inclinations. He appealed to all of us to be one. We were one in Naivasha. How I wish that the Naivasha oneness was extended to this House. For our friends in the minority coalition, I want to believe now that our President accepted and respected the ruling by the Supreme Court, I do not think it is wise to waste time to engage Kenyans in unnecessary demonstrations. I wish that demonstrations happen only when there is a stubborn person. But there is no stubbornness in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Government. So, I do not think demonstrations, whether peaceful or violent, are necessary at this point in time. As politicians, we should give Kenyans time to run their businesses normally."
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