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    "id": 786250,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. If you look around, you will realise that even the demeanor of this House has changed because it never used to be like this last week. Because of the handshake, we are all sitting together in this House. So, I appreciate the fact that it has brought the peace that we wanted. William Wilberforce is the man credited with abolishing slavery and slave trade through legislation because he was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. It took him nearly 30 years and at the end of it, a Motion was passed and slavery was abolished. He said that he was on a mission to do two things; to abolish slavery and slave trade and reformation of manners. Even with the newfound peace, we still need to reform our manners and the way we do things. During every election cycle in this country, we behave in such a way that is inconsistent with the words of our national anthem. Our national anthem is sung many times and there is no reason for us to doubt that God can answer prayers. Our national anthem goes like this:- “Ee Mungu nguvu yetu Ilete baraka kwetu Haki iwe ngao na mlinzi Natukae na udugu amani na uhuru Raha tupate na ustawi” We have been singing it all along. Why would we doubt that one day God will answer us? That answer came. So, we thank God for enabling the two great leaders to have that handshake. The two leaders could have met upstairs at Harambee House, gotten into a car and disappeared but they did not do that. Instead they came out in the open. They shook hands and it was broadcasted everywhere in the world. That public show is the one that we celebrate today. So, I join the whole nation in thanking His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Rt. Hon---"
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