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    "id": 1202434,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1202434/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "instruments of government and power, and for distribution of resources. We have never strived to create a nation. In this country called Kenya, if you stand on any of the streets in any town or city and say, “Luos are stupid” or “Kikuyus are bad in this and that way” or “Kambas are bad people,” someone will come and attack you because they feel that they have been attacked. But if you go to the streets and say “Kenyans are stupid or thieves,” nobody will attack you because nobody feels that they have been insulted. Nobody feels that they belong to something called Kenya as a nation. That is why even we, very informed people, talk of the Luo nation, the Luhya nation and the Kisii nation. This is a 1,000-mile journey that in this country, we have not made even the first step. I thought that is what we, in the Azimio la Umoja One-Kenya Coalition, were thinking about. I also thought that, that is what the Kenya Kwanza Alliance were thinking about. Again, we all love the idea but do we practise it? This is the bigger ideal that this country must start fighting for. The other thing is corruption. I did not hear much on corruption except in paragraph 19, which was in support of the Judiciary. This is the cancer that will eat, prevent or dismantle any promises that we will make to improve the welfare of our people. This Speech seemed afraid to tackle that evil. Hon. Speaker, we must look at this even in the appointments being made. This House will vet nominees. I do not believe that we want to be guided by the principle of innocence until proven guilty. I think we should be guided by Chapter Six on integrity and morality, where we should tell suspects to stay aside until proved innocent. Such people are not fit to hold a public position. That is the direction we should go. Those two big principles should be our guide."
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