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    "id": 786309,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I acknowledge the President and the Rt. Hon. Former Prime Minister for this magnanimous opportunity they took to set aside their differences, selfish or otherwise, to acknowledge this. I have one proposal. Everybody has quoted the Bible, but nobody has quoted the preamble which at the end states ‘Gods bless Kenya’. If President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga are serious, they will go to every place in this Republic – the 47 counties - carrying this preamble like a torch of peace. That peace cannot be a handshake; it must be demonstrated by shaking the hands of the people who possibly lost their children when they should not have. They should show them true peace and repentance. True penance can only come when we have true reconciliation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country will only move forward if we acknowledge that we are sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God. That is the book of Romans. Our leaders must recognize that they have misled our people through divisive politics and they must repent, so that there is true penance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, King Solomon after being granted wisdom and married many wives, he failed and said: ‘All is vanity.’ That is in the Book of Ecclesiastes. I plead with the other principals of NASA to set aside their ambitions or otherwise, and follow this path where we will have true peace and build nationhood of this country. God bless Kenya. Thank you."
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