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    "id": 786227,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this important Motion. By the two leaders, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and Hon. Raila Odinga, coming together there is no doubt that the people behind them will follow suit. Leaders lead the way. Given that the two leaders have shown us the route of unity, I believe that is where the country is headed. Our country has been in a very unpalatable and worrying situation. Let us all admit that the leadership, including all of us, have been responsible for dividing the people of Kenya along ethnic entities. I know that more is coming, but the appearance of the two leaders talking as brothers; each of them referring to the other as a brother, sent very positive thinking in this country. The importance and necessity of unity to a home, a people and a country need not be overemphasised. It is an essential thing like the food we eat. This country has been expending a lot of energy for the last two years, when politics has been heightened, on destructive things that divide us. We would rather have used the same energy to look into why we are leaders in this nation. Leaders should worry more about the rising cost of living of our people and how tomorrow will be. Therefore, the action by the two leaders should have the support of all of us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has not been very easy for some of us who happen to have friends across the political divide. For example, Sen. Orengo was my classmate in Alliance High School, but if for some reason I was captured with him and the photo appeared on The Daily Nation newspaper, the message that would be sent is I am cohabiting with NASA. We have a country with many religions. When did you see a Catholic not chatting with an Anglican? This is the way we should live when we are politicians from different divides. However, we have brought it to the extent where it has not been easy. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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