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    "id": 122127,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have withdrawn. I do that humbly and in acknowledgement that I have given Mr. Mututho a few lessons in Kiswahili. I will conclude by saying that I oppose this Bill because my conscience and foresight tells me that it is unlikely to have any impact. I, therefore, call upon the Mover and those who have supported it to take solace and consolation in the fact and reality that the dawn of justice being done to the girls and the women who were raped, the poor victims whose purported crime was only to have voted otherwise, or just because we did not have evidence of how somebody voted--- Voting was made criminal because we belonged to ethnic groups. Perhaps, voting was not accepted by certain people because it did not measure to their criteria. These are weighty things. I can see the confusion that we have, not just in the House, but everywhere about this matter. That is why there is no single position of the Government. Therefore, nobody should claim to speak on behalf of the Government of Kenya with regard to this matter. No one should claim to speak on behalf of a Parliamentary group. No one can claim to speak on behalf of any caucus. The message must come out because the consolation and solace is built on pain and not because people do not want to support this Bill. Those who are the main beneficiaries of the post-election violence--- Evidence will come out and reality will dawn on them that they should never repeat those heinous actions . There is nothing that prevents our courts from trying those who were executing people in the streets and those who were carrying pangas. That will be done. We can do it because there is nothing that prevents the Attorney-General of this country from carrying out investigations even today. I do not know why we should be seeking protection of any office. I strongly oppose, so that we move to The Hague."
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