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    "id": 1338041,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1338041/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, allow me to join my brother, Hon. Aduma, in condemning in the strongest terms possible, the chaos around Sondu. We have since lost 20 people in what may pass for ethnic cleansing. Hon. Aduma may not fully exhaust the happenings on the ground, but we know there is a section within the warring factions that enjoy police protection even as they unleash terror on the lives of innocent people in Nyakach. These are people who have lived cordially since time immemorial. Therefore, the upsurge of discord, chaos and deaths that are totally unwarranted, should be addressed wholesomely by the Government. The police need to be mobilised to be on the ground and not to take sides, but treat both people from Sondu, Nyakach and part of Kericho County equally, because that is the only way we are going to address this. Finally, through your indulgence, the political leadership many times tend to be the lowest hanging fruit in handling issues of ethnic divisions. I implore upon you that the governors of Kericho and Kisumu, the elected leaders, should hold a public baraza in Sondu market and pump a lot of sense in our people, the importance of working as one unitary society. This is because we have always lived cordially since time immemorial. They need to try and address this thing once and for all. Otherwise, when the security apparatus takes sides in a matter such as this…"
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