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    "content": "If you look at the conversation that went on when Martin Luther King met President J. F. Kennedy, there were a lot of people who said that he had betrayed the black people in America. However, Martin Luther King had seen an opportunity of resolving the problems facing the black people in the United States of America (USA). It was only possible through an engagement with the power that was responsible for the plight of the black people. The civil movement took a different direction after that and encounter in the White House. In fact, people in the black community criticized Martin Luther King, while former President Nelson Mandela even as a prisoner, started meeting with elements in the Nationalist Party including Fredrick de Klerk and people in the African National Congress (ANC)---. I know this is a matter of fact because I heard from comrade Mbeki the father of the former President of the Republic of South Africa, that they thought what President Mandela had done was an act of betrayal. I would like to urge Kenyans, first beginning by Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, what he has gone through as a person compared to many of us - being jailed for nine years and being persistent every time he thought things were going wrong in the country. Surely, if you judge by yourself who has never slept in a prison cell, you should be ashamed of yourself to call Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga somebody who can betray the cause of the people of Kenya. I also want to commend His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta because I have worked with him. Sometimes when you are in leadership, to come out of that cocoon when you are already sitting in power and be in a position to engage with those you have competed with, it is not easy. Therefore, this historical moment must be appreciated by all Kenyans who desire good for Kenya. The foundational value for this country is contained in the preamble to this Constitution. One of the most important ones is that the Kenyan people are determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible nation. Read the preamble to the Constitution. How can we live in peace as one indivisible nation if we cannot sit together and try to resolve the problems of our country as one people and one nation? I sometimes sit and wonder, because I remember that we were campaigning for the draft Constitution together with the Senate Majority Leader and we would ask him to explain to the people in public meetings how it was a good document. However, because of politics, he sometimes began reading the Constitution in a different way and I would also read it in a different way because we were trying to advance our political interests."
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