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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Lastly, I made a request yesterday, which I hope will be honoured in the fullness of time. I strongly believe that if there is a leader who is not holding elective office and I would be more than happy to be given the honour to addresses this House, it is Eliud Kipchoge. That is for his inspiration in terms of what he did – running a marathon in under two hours – and more importantly because he has managed to lead a clean life, as an athlete and inspire others. He was an inspiration when he went to talk to the Tottenham Football Club and the Oxford University. He has continued to be an inspiration in many forums, and I believe given the opportunity, they would do a lot. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to confirm what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said here. Eliud Kipchoge just jetted in yesterday and is in Eldoret, where incidentally, he is my neighbour. If you meet him jogging around in the morning, you could never tell that he is a world record holder. The same applies to Brigid Kosgei. Why should we wish for our athletes the vanity that is associated to largesse, motorcades, red carpets and all those? In fact, in my submission, we should reversing those things. We, as leaders, should be emulating these people by doing great things and go about doing our business in this country, without drawing attention to ourselves with motorcades, sirens, red carpets and big cars. Maybe the true order of things is how these athletes are living. You do great, go back home; walk in Eldoret normally, associate with people as you have before, and continue helping others. Some of them have built schools, hospitals and made donations to educate children, but they never shout about it. Maybe that is the right order of things, like Jesus did. This is because the only thing we know about Jesus best is that he rode on a donkey. We also know that the Bible says that wherever he went, he did good. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are the things we need to do; that we do good wherever we go without drawing too much attention to ourselves. That is a lesson from our athletes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move."
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