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    "id": 781066,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "are saying that this dialogue should be structured and it should take a certain manner yet we do not even know how they got together. I believe it is times like this that leaders need to show the way. What we need to do is to encourage them to continue discussing, to carry us along, to tell us what to do and to prescribe for us, as Parliament, the Bills they would like us to pass so that we get this initiative going. So, I would like to encourage my colleagues that we stop giving these conditions on how structured it should be, the format or the content. Let us wait for those instruments to come to the House and we prepare and commit ourselves that when that time comes, we will support for the good of this country. If there are some issues that need modification, then we can take matters up at that point. At this point, the good thing is that we have seen the positive impact of the coming together. We have seen what has happened in the Stock Exchange and our currency. We have seen the peace in the country. We have also seen the need for rebranding, as Hon. Sankok mentioned, for people who were otherwise aligned so strongly on one side or the other. This is good for this country, but as national leaders, we should now be looking at the bigger good rather than individuals. Hon. Speaker, we have an agenda as Jubilee. The President has an agenda which is captured within the Big Four agenda and the wider programmes that are ongoing within the Jubilee Manifesto. The realisation of that agenda cannot take place unless there is peace and stability in this country. I believe that with the polarisation and ethnisation of our politics, this is good. As was said earlier, we have lost eight months and that agenda cannot be achieved, hence, I feel that this was the best thing that happened in this country so that we can move forward and realise the agenda of getting housing, job and wealth creation that we require. It is high time we thought about our country, children and future generations. We need to realise, as has been said before, that Kenya is bigger than all of us. We have done it before and we know that when leaders unite, we see success. When they are divided, we see the reverse. In the interest of time, I urge that we should take cue from the leadership and work together for our own security, inclusivity, sustainability and a prosperous nation. That can only happen when we have unity of purpose in this House, the Executive and Judiciary. All of us should work together knowing that we are doing this for Kenya rather than for ourselves."
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