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    "id": 926643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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    "content": "As I finish, I remember what my Chairman, Hon. Katoo, said when we had this discussion. He helped us understand the importance of maritime ratification. He also made us appreciate its import to the economy and the general wellbeing of the country. I also have in mind issues we have with Somalia. I hope with this kind of arrangement and ratification, the issues we have with Somalia will come to an end by natural attrition. This is an issue that we do not need. The kind of friendship and the price Kenyans have paid to ensure Somalia is a safe country is not worth it. No amount of concern should allow the two countries not to agree on issues which are mutually beneficial. I hope with this in place, as a country, we will have a more organised way of interacting and relating to our neighbours. In the process, we will all get the best from the waters as it is supposed to be. God gave us these resources to be used by all of us for the good of society, the country and to make the world a better place to live in. Mother Theresa once said that we sometimes keep on whining and asking why the country has failed or why the economy is not doing as well as it should, but do not ask ourselves what we have done to make our world a better place to live in. If all of us can clean the front of our houses, the entire world will be a very clean environment to live in. I believe in those words. As a country, we have done our bit to ratify this Treaty with some of the neighbouring countries that have already done it. I am sure others are in the course of doing it so that all of us can clean the front of our houses and the entire world will be a clean environment to live in. That way, we will mitigate the issues we are seeing today between the UK and Iran. It is a standoff which is not necessary. With this kind of arrangement, some of those issues will be mitigated and we will ensure that they do not happen in our waters. It is a scene that we do not need and it is costly. It brings tension where there is no need for any."
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