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    "id": 1568105,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "I know the country is in the mood for politicking. The tragedy in Kenya is that we start politicking a day after the elections. For a stranger who would be visiting Kenya, you would think that the presidential elections are in two days' time. There is nothing wrong with that because Kenya is a fairly democratic country. But it is extremely unfortunate if we can use language that would incite ethnic animosity and violence to create the kind of violence that we saw. The people who suffer in such situations are women and children. Many women were raped and, to date, have not been compensated. Many children were killed. There is a young girl who has written a book, which she gave to me, where she has documented that there were young children who were playing somewhere in the Rift Valley, and they were neighbours of all tribes. Her book is called Hop Skip and Jump . She is called Scholar Akinyi. She documents how she changed from being an innocent child to looking at her neighbours from a tribal lens. She was raped. She underwent violation and lost her childhood. There are things we cannot afford to joke with or play with. I want to encourage the former Deputy President, as I know he is feeling very bitter at the way things turned around. He feels that he fought and brought this Government into power. I am sure it can feel very bad when you feel that you brought the Government into power, and now you are the one who is outside watching from Viusasa . The way to go about it is not through bitterness and anger because there is a point at which leadership becomes beyond you. I know he has only served one term in Parliament and half a term as a Deputy President and so, he may not understand. There are always opportunities. Let him relax because he says he is a man of God or, at least, he says his wife, Dorcas, is a woman of God. Let them appeal to God and use their godly words to bring unity to the country. There are things we do not joke around with. There are things we do not politic around with, and one of them is the peace and security of this country. In terms of sharing, having views, going around and talking to people, that is all very well. Kenya is a democratic country. But let us not ever dream about what happened in 2007/2008. I know he was not in this Parliament, but some of us who were here went through post-traumatic stress disorder. With those few remarks, I beg that we change our language."
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