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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I support the formation of the bipartisan Committee that is going to commence a national conversation in dialogue to discuss some of the issues that one side of the divide has felt that is ailing this nation. Disputes must have a progressive resolution. I hesitate to use a Kikuyu saying that insinuates that a case involving people who are not wise, is never resolved easily. This is because once a solution is arrived at, one-side keeps on returning that same case for resolution of a dispute that has already been resolved. It is important for this Committee to note and to take judicial notice of the fact that certain issues have been settled. Since the 2022 General Election, it has been one year. All the leaders who were voted in have been serving Kenyans from the date their term commenced, or since they were validly elected in an electoral process that was spearheaded by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The IEBC conducted elections for all the parties that were involved. Members who are seated in this House, the National Assembly and the county assemblies were brought in using that electoral process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would urge this Committee that has been brought forth to ensure that issues that have been constitutionally closed by the Supreme Court and by processes that cannot be reopened, are not brought back to the table for dispute resolutions. If they do so, these issues will never be resolved because they have already been dealt with. The other issue is the cost of this process. If a party feels aggrieved and they want to discuss issues that are ailing the nation, it should be at their own cost. Could both sides of the divide take care of the cost of this process so Kenyans are not further burdened by another cost for talks that may be endless? While I support the process of talks, it is in my honest view that these talks could have been dealt with---"
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