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    "id": 907487,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Sierra Leone is a country whose population is around 6.3 million people. It is just about the population of the county that I represent as an individual Senator. Beyond that, we share many similarities. Sierra Leone is a country with a huge population of young people. Its median age is 19 years. It is a country that is facing similar challenges to the ones that we are facing in Kenya as we grapple with issues of youth unemployment and see how the young people of this continent who are the trustees of the posterity of Africa get a space on the table. Madam Temporary Speaker, beyond that, as you have rightly mentioned, I was the leader of delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). I was proud to go there and represent the Senate. In Kenya, we believe in what we call ‘he’ for ‘she’. As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has eloquently stated, we need men at the forefront of fighting for the rights of our women. We believe that our claim to democracy is tainted when half the team is not even able to get to the pitch. There is no progress that we can make as a society unless we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to gender parity. We have a lot to learn from Sierra Leone from the highest levels of their political leadership. I welcome the delegation to Nairobi. I hope that they have time to enjoy the sights and sounds outside the precincts of Parliament. I would like to take them to one or two places to see around the City of Nairobi as they teach me some of their local languages of Mende, Temne and Creole. I thank you."
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