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    "id": 156815,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to contribute to this Motion. However, while doing so, I would like to make a very pertinent point. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the pertinent point is that, complex problems do not require simple solutions. There has been a chorus in this country. This chorus has also been picked-up by diplomats and journalists. This chorus has been about wrangling in Government. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if anybody is aware of the history of this country, this country has gone through many trials and tribulations since Independence. Much more important are the trials and tribulations of this nation since the dawn of the second liberation. In front of me, I can notice Mr. Imanyara and many others who were involved in getting this country out of the one-party system into the multi-party system as a first step towards dismantling the authoritarian Presidential State in this nation. That accomplishment was not easy. Many people paid for it by their lives. Many of us spent days in police cells, detention camps and the Nyayo torture chambers. However, those sacrifices led to the systematic dismantling of the Presidential authoritarian regime which could have been dealt a substantial blow in 2007, had it not been for the stolen elections. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that stolen Presidential election created a tremendous crisis in this country. The people of Kenya rose up spontaneously against the authoritarian regime and its attempt to stay in power by armed might. What saved this nation was a compromise under the National Accord to give political space for reforms so that next time there is election in this country, it should be followed by a legitimate"
}