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    "id": 781053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mabonga",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
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    "content": "One thing we ought to understand as Members of this House is that there comes a time where leaders are set apart. You can only be set apart by your principles and the results you want to achieve. I listened to the Mover of this Motion and I was so impressed with what he said. Hon. Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, said they are not going to lose focus on what they mean or what they intend to achieve as the Minority in this House. They will also not lose focus on reforms in this country. They are not going to lose focus to put the Government on checks and balances. But at the same time, they have also committed themselves to ensure that they work together with the Majority Party of this House to ensure that this country gets the best out of the leaders that are in this House. I support the initiative of Hon. Raila Odinga and the President of this country in their coming together as great leaders of this nation. As many have said, when two leaders speak, almost the whole nation comes to a standstill. I agree with many of us that lives and properties were lost and it is time for us to come together as a family and a nation and put the nation first, so that our children can, at least, have a foundation to build on when time comes for them to stand where we are standing. As we sit here, you will realise that people outside there are counting losses when the two leaders could not speak to each other. I have heard from other leaders from their coalitions saying that this was their initiative. That is right, but the issue is: How comes you did not take the right initiative by moving fast enough to ensure that you talked to the leader concerned so that we move the country forward? Sometimes, it is very important to know who you are. Even if you are in a family, you need to take your position as a person so that you do not wait for your elder brother to take initiative and then you start crying foul. Some of us who won elections as independent leaders were fighting two giants and you had to set your records right for people to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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