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    "id": 118301,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/118301/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. We stand at a time in the history of this country when history must not be falsified. We stand at a time in the history of this country when records must speak for themselves. We stand at a time in this country when those who have held public office must be prepared to bear the weight of that public office and the actions they take when they are in public office. We stand at a time in the life of this country when we moralise from the high pedestal of self gratification and may be paid for dearly when the truth comes as the TJRC does its work. With regard to what led to the tragedy in this country following the elections of December 2007, a little bird tells me that those who travelled at night to go and intercede with the Chairman of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) so that the forces of democracy could be subverted so that an election could be stolen, will have to bear with Kenyans to plead with them to come forth and seek reconciliation with the injured souls of this country. I say that because the Coalition Government was born out of necessity. Necessity is always the mother of invention. Necessity invented the Coalition Government so as to ensure that Kenyans could, under a certain political order, live in peace and earnestly start the process of reform, which those who are now speaking from the high pedestal of moral uprightness were, themselves, in the middle of putting it together. I plead with them to rise up to the occasion and face history squarely and say history can never be falsified. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, yes, this country may, indeed, be faced with what could possibly be called a failed State, but which is not a proper scientific term to define and describe this nation. I know that the nomenclature “failed State” has been used in recent years in social science discourse to describe states which can no longer guarantee peace, order and institutionalized governments. This country faces several problems of insecurity and inherited structural violence in our society which is, perhaps, caused by gross inequalities and unresolved historical injustices. But that does not mean that it is a failed State, scientifically speaking. The State, indeed, suffers from bad governance and the society is, indeed, bedeviled by corruption. Today, we are seeing levels of violence and insecurity unparalleled in the history of this nation. We are seeing irresponsibility on the part of security agents, which should be guaranteeing security to the people that now, are presiding over insecurity at times. These are, indeed, terrible problems that bedevil this nation. But I do believe that we have, again, in this nation, men and women who are committed to make this nation better, both in and outside the Government. We have in this nation people who have been in this struggle for very long"
}