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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to give a few thoughts on this. I thank senior Senator and the Senate Majority Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, for this thoughtful Committee. Since I came to this House, I have served in one of these Committees, but this is one of the most satisfactory one. Governments are formed among men and women so that they can protect property and life. We have lost lives and lost property. The only regulator we end up sticking with is how to make this a virtuous country. That makes me believe that the greatest virtue we can give in this Committee, which I am humbled to be in, is justice. Justice is a concept according to Cicero, which is the crowning glory of all virtues. Categorically as a member of this Committee, we should start with the families who have lost their loved ones. I apologize because we, as a people, have failed you. The traditional community where I come from says that an hour of execution of justice is worth 70 years of praying. This Committee shall give you that justice. Secondly, justice knows no friendship. Therefore, we know that there are secrets being hidden on this issue, whether by those performing these cults within or out of the churches. This Committee will show you that justice knows no friendship. Lastly, I encourage that justice is the result of public opinion. I urge this Committee to encourage transparency in its entire---"
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