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    "speaker_name": "The Nominated Senator",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Rev.) Naomi Waqo): Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I want to join the others in congratulating you and also all the leaders who have been elected, especially the women. They are our role models. We congratulate those who are in this House and those who have been elected to the position of governors and any other important position to serve our country. I also take this opportunity to thank God for giving each one of us opportunity to serve Kenya; our beloved country. I would like also to congratulate both men and women who struggled very hard and became Senators. It is because of your numbers that many of us are here as nominated Senators. As I acknowledge and commend the great speech that we received from our President, it was my first time to attend official opening of Parliament. I was greatly touched by the soberness and the way the President was well composed and the great speech that he offered. His speech was all inclusive in terms of gender, regional balance and even going further in mentioning the different representation that we have in this country. It was a speech that really encouraged me as I join this House. One thing that I picked is paragraph 23 that has already been quoted. It says: “In this regard, I urge all political leaders to avoid engaging in divisive and destructive politics that have no place in modern Kenya.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, this really encouraged me because we know how much we have suffered in the past. Many of us know what Kenya went through in 2007/200. None of us would want us to go back to that route. We, as politicians, are the people who guide others on the ground."
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