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    "id": 786273,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also add my voice to this great debate which is happening here in this Senate where there has been so much division and now we see oneness – one Senate, one people with one hope for our country. I also want to take this opportunity and take a cue from my colleagues in congratulating the two great leaders, His Excellency, President Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga. They showed us that leadership is thinking about the people you lead and not about self-interest. That is a big lesson that we can learn from the two leaders. I speak on behalf of the women and children of this country who for the past few years or months have felt insecure. When there is no peace in the country, the people who suffer most are the vulnerable – the women and children. While we are especially happy that our leaders have shown the way, what we have to do as leaders is not always to be “you; you”. We know what we should do for our people. We know we need peace. It should not be the two leaders who should be deciding that now there is peace and tomorrow there is no peace. As leaders, we have a responsibility of keeping that leadership and it is our utterances which will promote peace in this country. We need to be one nation because God wanted us to be one nation and that is why he put all of us here in Kenya. The biggest appreciation that we can give to the two great leaders is to make a nation from now on; not a nation of Kenya today and a nation of this and that tomorrow. It is possible and we can do it for we owe it to our children and our country. We have a nation to continue building just like our forefathers left it. I support unreservedly and I support to work with all of us together for the goodness---"
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