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    "id": 780978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "interest, growing the economy, peace, stability and killing ethnic mobilisation in our country. We are together. This country is being torn apart because people are obsessed with the regions, tribes or religions they belong to. We want to build one nation. This is the route that the Right Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta have shown us. I applaud the decision by our two leaders to come together at this time as statesmen to guide the nation on the path of self- reflection and reformation. The Motion before this House clearly draws from the initiative sponsored by our two eminent leaders. It calls upon this House to support the worthy initiative as the body mandated to deliberate on unresolved issues of concern to the people as required by the provisions of Article 95 of the Constitution. I commend the Leader of the Minority Party for sponsoring a Motion that will certainly kick-start the process of reconciliation within the walls of the Chamber, the precincts of Parliament and within the rest of the country. The reconciliatory gesture shown by the President and the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga is a shining example which all Kenyans must look up to. The two leaders have committed themselves to the country. This House must also commit itself, and every Kenyan must note the purpose to keenly support this initiative. Parliament manifests the diversity of the nation, represents the will of the people and exercises the sovereign power of the people. Being in Government or working with Government on a common agenda for the welfare of the Kenyans does not... I want our colleagues to listen to me. Being in Government or working with Government on a common agenda for the welfare of the Kenyans does not, in itself, bind any Member to silence where they see or feel something is amiss. Article 117 of the Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech and debate in this House. As elected leaders, the first responsibility of a Member of Parliament is to speak as the voice of the people he/she represents in the House. I trust in the calibre and competence of the leaders of this House that the Kenyans have elected to this august House. I believe they are up to the task in offering an effective opposition even as we pursue our bipartisan engagement in the House for the welfare of our people. I am ready to work with my colleagues on the other side and agree with them on a matter that is of the interest of the welfare of the people."
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