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    "id": 831479,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Statement. First of all, I want to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing this Statement. Sen. Kihika has made us extremely proud as Kenyan women and the country as a whole. She has shown that Kenyan women – after her and Sen. Mugo – are of substance. She has also become a good role model and a mentor to Kenyan women and now they can feel that even the sky is not the limit for them. She has made the dream of a Kenyan child valid. We are so proud of her. Even the fact that she was elected in a cosmopolitan county like Nakuru, which after Mombasa and Nairobi is almost amongst the largest counties in terms of population, that in itself was not a mean achievement. She has encouraged us and even as the Deputy Minority Leader has emphasized on her stand for Solai people during the dam tragedy which is commendable. We are encouraged as Kenyan women. I am also proud of the male Senators in this Senate. They have shown a lot of commitment to women leadership, not only once, but many times. I am so proud of them as well. As everyone else has said, now that we have a woman president, we need IPU to come here not only in terms of giving visibility to Kenya as everybody else has mentioned, but also the economic impact it would make in terms of people seeing Kenya as a future destination for investment in terms of the jobs that will be created and also putting Kenya on the map as a tourist destination. It will have a great economic impact if we bring IPU to Kenya. As Kenyan Senators, we urge her to do the same."
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