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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759218/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion. Before I go far, I want to appreciate the effort of the sponsor, Sen. Dullo, for thinking and being a visionary leader. The situation that we are in today deserves that and calls for that quick action. As I stand, I am not just standing because I am in the list – and I appreciate the people who considered my name – I feel I will learn a lot from the other experts who were here before me and whose work I really respect and I admire. However, as you all rightly said, I come from my background as a religious leader. I will look at what is ahead of us, pray about it and also be guided by the scripture. We are in a very unique situation and majority of Kenyans are confused and not sure of what tomorrow holds for us. It is during times like this that we all need to play our roles with a lot of dignity and save the situation we are in. Outside there, many are asking whether we really have leaders who are leading this country. Do we have people who are thinking ahead of time to save this country?” Yes, the situation we are in is not good but we have the opportunity to turn things round. Experience is a good teacher and we have learnt from our experience after the elections and all that has taken place. I support this, mainly because of the following few reasons: As you know, according to statistics, 38.5 per cent of Kenyans are illiterate. It is even worse when you think of north eastern Kenya where the percentage of illiteracy is 87.1 per cent. When we introduced the electronic transmission system and other technology that we introduced during the last election, many of our people suffered in different ways."
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