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    "id": 797580,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Therefore, I hope that in that spirit others will take cue and also apologise. I also join my colleague, Hon. Sankok, in apologising to those we may have hurt. I also apologise to Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ for referring to him as a fake CJ. I apologise to him, NASA supporters, and any other supporter because these things happened. It is important to say that this handshake also symbolises the maturity of our democracy as a nation. In all other civilised countries, after elections, people come together as a nation and focus on what is important to them as leaders. Therefore, it is also incumbent upon us as leaders in this nation to now focus on the task of nation building and put all our energies and our focus on the Big Four Agenda because that agenda speaks to things that affect the ordinary mwananchi – things that members of the public spoke to us irrespective of their side of the political divide. When we went to constituencies around the country to campaign, people spoke about healthcare, food security and jobs for the youth. Therefore, it is important that we address and refocus all our energies to the Big Four Agenda. With the State of the Nation Address and affirmation by His Excellency the President that, indeed, the state of our nation is strong, it is incumbent upon leaders, and more so upon us as Members of Parliament, to make the state of the nation even stronger by refocusing our energies not on the things that will divide us as a nation, but on the things that will unite us as a nation. One of the ways to unite ourselves is to refocus our energies to the rebuilding of our economy. The only reason people tend to fight or disagree is the way resources are shared. If we are able to generate adequate resources and distribute them across the country, we will have fewer reasons to fight. I encourage all of us to embrace the spirit of what the President said yesterday; that indeed, even our unity does not necessarily symbolise unanimity. We may not unanimously agree on each and every aspect of our lives, but we must deliberately focus on uniting our people around the issues that affect the great people of this Republic. For those who have been making calls for a referendum, these are issues that are debatable. Let us refocus our energies not on things like referendums – which will be more divisive than uniting – but rather those things that will unite us in the coming days. With those remarks, I support the Motion and the words of His Excellency the President that unity is not necessarily unanimity."
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