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    "id": 1065492,
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    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am greatly honored to get this opportunity to also contribute to this historic Motion. The history of this country is full of instances and constitutional moments when this country could have put things right. Just before Independence, we had the Lancaster House Conference. That was the conference that divided Kenya in the middle, when land rights were destroyed. During that conference, land that was supposed to go back to the people who had been deprived of those lands, was abrogated and denied by the independent Government. So, that was the first time the Kenyan Government lost the opportunity to bring Kenyans together. After Independence, there were piece meal amendments. In 1996, they attempted to change the Constitution to stop President Moi from taking over the leadership of this country. Fortunately, it failed because the founding President blocked it. In 1992, there was the change of Section 2(A) of the Constitution to re-introduce multi-partyism. In 2010, we had the Constitution which was very progressive and was said to be 80 per cent perfect and 20 per cent problematic. I think that was one of the issues that were supposed to be resolved. Right now, as my colleagues have said, this is a moment that must not pass us. I would like to request my colleagues to debate this matter with the sobriety that is meant for any leader worth his salt. This is not a political competition. It is not a matter of who is right or wrong. It is about how we can bring our people together. How do we ensure that the segregation that has been there for so long is vanquished? I have heard of a Wanjiku, maybe I can also introduce a Naserian for the Maasai people from Narok North Constituency, that I represent. My instructions as Gachagua’s from his constituency is that I support this Bill. Why? The first two proponents who are Kenyan citizens like anybody else, the President of this country, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga, are citizens like any other. They came together to bring this country together. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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