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    "id": 982363,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/982363/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another time, about seven years ago, I was also shocked when he was taken to Nairobi Hospital I think for about two weeks. As I went in there, one of his sons John Mark came and told me: “ Mzee wants to see you.” So, I went back and spent about 20 minutes with him alone and he asked me a lot of questions. I never thought that he would have time and space to talk to me because we fought so hard against him at the time. We are mourning a statesman, a Pan-Africanist and somebody who brought a lot of dynamism in trying to bring peace in the Horn of Africa. The peace that we have seen in Sudan, to some extent in Somalia and in the region generally was through his efforts. At this time, as we see President Moi on his last journey - the service is tomorrow and the burial is on Wednesday - I would urge that this is the time that we should not take each other for granted. When you see a wise man like President Moi in his prediction saying that President Uhuru Kenyatta was going to be the President of the Republic of Kenya, we should also accept his other predictions that so and so will not be President. Let us not take the prediction one way and the other way we do not want to take it. Let us take it in its wholeness in the hope that in this time of mourning, we will reason together and make sure that Kenya remains a dynamic country under one Constitution where we live in peace and justice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, this is a very important year for this country. We either agree to talk to each or we do not. If we do not, the consequences can be dire. This year, whatever happens, we must agree to talk to each other. The example that President Moi showed and demonstrated in talking to those who were on the other side of the political divide, we should be ready to talk to each other to make sure that the gains of the 2010 Constitution are not lost. They can easily be lost if we do not agree to talk to each other. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are things that happened during President Moi’s time that probably we will not have very kind words to say such as the detentions without trial, extrajudicial killings and where we became a de jure - one party system. That experience should not be brushed aside. It should be used to ensure that Kenya does not get back to where we were in those dark days. Even for the present, we must be vigilant in protecting democracy. Even now, there are things which we can do better. We should not be talking about the things that happened during President Moi’s time without talking about the things that probably are not going right during this period. From those experiences, we can make Kenya a better country which is at peace with itself, where democracy becomes a way of life and where the prosperity of our nation depends on what the leadership is doing to resolve problems such as poverty, unemployment and many other problems that our people are experiencing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those words, I second the Motion."
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