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    "id": 1229112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make a contribution to this wonderful proposed piece of legislation by Sen. Mungatana, MGH. From the onset, I want to say that I fully support it. Human dignity is an integral part of life and living. If you deprive people of their dignity, then to a great extent, those people are deprived of a critical part of their lives. I want to go straight to just three or four aspects of the proposed Bill; the Bill that we are debating in the Second Reading. I take note of part one of the Bill in Clause 4. That is where I want to begin my contribution. On the guiding principles of this Bill, Part 4 states clearly: - “All persons shall, in the performance of their functions under this Act, be guided by the following principles, in addition to the national values and principles set out under Article 10 of the Constitution and the objects of devolution set out under Article 174 of the Constitution.” I want to go to Clause 4(b)- Non-discrimination. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these Bills allow us the opportunity to speak the truth to power and to correct misbehaviour by people in authority. Even if those people are Senators, then they must be called to order. We have all listened to speeches from some persons in authority and because they are not here, we may not go into a debate without a substantive Motion. This Bill drafted by Sen. Mungatana, MGH, proposes that there should be no discrimination against human beings; Kenyans, irrespective of where those people come from, the religion that they subscribe to, and their political affiliations. That one line is a powerful line. Even after an election and people go into the polls and elect their leaders: Senators, Governors, Members of the National Assembly, and their President and Deputy, once the results of that election are announced and either accepted or not accepted, you cannot discriminate any person in this country on the basis of how you perceive them to have voted."
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