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    "id": 122146,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Yakub",
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        "legal_name": "Sheikh Yakub Muhammad Dor",
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    "content": "The issue of impunity did not start during the 2007 General Election. It was started when white settlers and explorers came to Kenya starting from the Coast Province to the hinterland. They did not respect the people who they met. There was no rule of law. Our land was taken and, at that time, the Government governed with impunity. Some of us have been trying to ask ourselves: Why now? What happened when the same Bill was brought here and almost many of us opposed it? There are really fundamental reasons. One of the issues was compensation to those affected and the other issue was whether we should go for the Hague option or local tribunal. With this Bill, both are allowed. In fact, that particular Bill did not reach the required standards. That was why many of us decided to oppose it. I would like to remind many of us who are here that 1,200 innocent Kenyans lost their lives without any fault of their own. We should not forget that over 300,000 Kenyans were internally displaced. Last night, we saw on our television screens some Kenyans living and sleeping by the roadsides just because of the 2007 post-election violence."
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