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    "id": 1272194,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Motion by the Senator for Baringo County, Sen. Cheptumo. Indeed, it is time that we, as Kenyans, aligned ourselves knowing that as a nation, our diversity does not matter because it is being used to oppress others. We need to embrace our diversity and know that in it we can draw a lot of strength. I have listened to Sen. Mungatana seconding the Motion. Indeed, it is sad that 60 years after Independence, we are still fighting the same battle of marginalisation. As he rightly stated, colonialists walked out and came in black colonialists who have successfully suppressed the interests of all Kenyans. The battle before us must be fought by us all. It must bring us together united to ensure that future generations will never again stand up to discuss such a Motion that we are discussing today. It is indeed a great shame that a country that is 60 years old is still fighting the same issues that were fought 60 years ago. I challenge Senators to come up with measures and a legislative framework that will ensure that the Constitution that we promulgated in 2010 is implemented. That cannot be done if we, as the Senate, are still blaming the governors whom we should be oversighting for discriminating the minorities in their counties. It is a challenge that we must live up to. We need to put up the right legal framework, so that we ensure that nobody in Kenya feels like an outsider. Successful governments have managed to include ethnic minorities groups and the downtrodden, pushing Kenyans into poverty, so that we do not have a voice to talk about our problem united. That is why we fought so hard as the Kenya Kwanza Government to dismantle the shackles of bondage by the dynasties. That is why we stand and say that after elections, we want to see not only the implementation of the Constitution but also people who respect it. There are those who want to make us believe that we are at crossroads. It cannot be that the same people who have successfully oppressed Kenyans are telling us that Kenya is at crossroads because that is not true. It is simply because people in leadership today happen to come not from big families but those who they thought could never rule this country. Moving forward, anybody born in this country should have an equal opportunity. We must put measures in place to ensure that everyone of us gets an equal opportunity"
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