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    "id": 131054,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. I want to congratulate Messrs. Ethuro, Koech and others who have spoken in support of the need to have that group appreciated and recognized by Parliament. There is no doubt that Members of Parliament have a very big role to play in unifying this country. After all, it is Members of Parliament who represent other Kenyans in this National Assembly. I would like to point out that as much as we recognise the AMANI Forum and the parliamentary role it will play, we should also criticise ourselves and appreciate the fact that the biggest enemies of peace in this country are Members of Parliament and politicians. This is a fact. We will not talk about Somalia and other countries without dealing with our problems; the expression “that physician healed thyself”. So, I would like to tell the AMANI Forum that their biggest battle is to convince hon. Members to be Kenyans. This is because if they do not win that fight, even the idea of entrenching it in Parliament and accepting it as a body is of no use. The first responsibility is to talk to Members of Parliament and get them to think as Kenyans. I am saying this because last week, for example, we had Members of Parliament congregating as a group from one part of the country and talking all manner of--- Some of those Members of Parliament are members of the AMANI Forum. In fact, some of the biggest warmongers are members of the AMANI Forum. They talk about why they should not be touched or why they should not touch so and so. They also say that if they are provoked they can do this and that and why they must oppose what the Prime Minister says because he no longer thinks about the community. Two months before that meeting, another group met in Kirinyaga and said; “We have to sit with all the presidential candidates from this region and ask them to agree, so that they have only one candidate.” This is the case and yet these are Members of Parliament and also members of the AMANI Forum. So, how far can we go with warmongers in the midst of the AMANI Forum? The Members of Parliament who are not really interested in peace say; “Do not touch the former President.” This is not an issue"
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