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    "id": 1072936,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "As a country, even as we discuss this, I am glad I have gotten the second bite of the cherry. I would urge Members to resist the temptation of condemning any side, but to condemn the deaths. There are 200 Palestinians who have died. As of now, 10 Israelites have died. As a country, we cannot take sides because this is a situation that is potentially divisive. It is potentially divisive because of the central place the battle for Jerusalem takes even in our different religions, whether it is between the Jews or the Christians or the Muslims. One of the third most important holy sites in Islam is there. The most important site in Judaism, the temple mount is there. Therefore, our stance as Parliament should set the tone of what we speak for. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko has said very eloquently as he generally does and always does that we must speak for humanity at this time. The children, women and the men who are there are like children and women in Kenya. We must speak for life. We must speak for sobriety. We want our country to pronounce itself on this matter. Sen. Faki has listed the chronology of events. It is available to all of us. We hope that we can send a statement and our country can send a statement. That we do not sit silent when whatever is going on, no matter what side of the conflict we see or what our views are on who deserves to be where. Death and war must always be the last resort in resolving any conflict. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge that the relevant players, Committee together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pronounce ourselves. Even at the UN Security Council and through the UN that Kenya stands for a peaceful resolution and a ceasefire of the violence that is escalating. Every day when we watch the news on CNN, Aljazeera etcetera, we see that it is really becoming a deterioration of events in that part of the world. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the statement."
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